Volkswagen under investigation over illegal software that masks pollution

[Ryeman]

I suspect the documentation submitted to the departments of Infrastructure and the EPA contain figures that are not achievable without the device, irrespective of the emissions standards of the time, and that's where VW would leave themselves open to litigation.

[Ryeman]

This is from an anti democrat pro republicans site with no actual link to any study just claims.
Interesting that our accc has decided to take on VW!

Agree
Along with AGW denial pushed by other 'populists' exploiting the gullible.

[Amalgam]

Volkswagen Engineer Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charge Over Diesel Cheating, Could Face Prison


A Volkswagen engineer pleaded guilty today after being indicted for creating a defeat system for the 2.0-liter VW diesel engines that cheated federal emissions regulations, Automotive News reports. It is the first criminal charge handed down as a result of the U.S. Justice Department’s investigation into VW.

A federal grand jury named James Robert Liang in an indictment this June, a document that was only unsealed today. The news site says Liang pleaded guilty to a single charge of “conspiracy to commit fraud against U.S. regulators.”

Liang faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

Once again, I don't believe that any employee would risk imprisonment and concoct this cheat without approval from management.

[Ryeman]

Yep
Volkswagen engineer charged in emissions probe - BBC News
where will it end?.

[Amalgam]

VW Made Its Defeat Device More Potent To Save On Warranty Repairs: Court Docs

Liang and his co-conspirators falsely and fraudulently told, and caused others to tell, U.S. customers and other that a software update in about 2014 was intended to improve the vehicles when, in fact, LIANG and his conspirators knew that the update used the steering wheel angle of the vehicle as a basis to more easily detect when the vehicle was undergoing emissions tests, thereby improving the defeat device’s precision in order to reduce the stress on the emissions control systems.

That’s absurd. According to these court documents, engineers at VW had the audacity to issue a software update to customers that dialed down emissions control usage and spewed more NOx into the environment, just so the company could save a buck.

This also essentially confirms the answer to the question we so often hear – “Why doesn’t Volkswagen just keep ‘testing mode’ on all the time?” Apparently doing so would cause the cars to fall apart.

[Ryeman]

It was all about introducing and conquering the lucrative U.S. market with the sham of 'clean diesel'.
They couldn't make the price point without much more expensive tech so the cheat was devised.

[Craigs902]

I'm sure they'll fight it as much as they can. It's going to be a lot cheaper to take on the ACCC and hope for a Win, than just admit what they did and do the right thing and fix things.


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[Amalgam]

Some good news for EU6

Dieselgate: VW cleanest in EU emissions study

Audi dropped from being the carmaker with the fifth-most non-compliant EU5 cars in real world testing to just 13th on EU6 figures and Volkswagen went from a clear first to fourth, while Mercedes-Benz climbed from sixth to second under the newer, tighter regulations.

[joel0407]

Some good news for EU6

Dieselgate: VW cleanest in EU emissions study

Audi dropped from being the carmaker with the fifth-most non-compliant EU5 cars in real world testing to just 13th on EU6 figures and Volkswagen went from a clear first to fourth, while Mercedes-Benz climbed from sixth to second under the newer, tighter regulations.

I don't really get this. When Audi, Skoda, Seat and VW share so many of the same engines with the same outputs, how can some of these car makers apparently be better or worse than the other. I guess it could be possibly the sum of all the engines from the car maker.

Happy Days

[Ryeman]

Who said statistics don't lie?.

[Ryeman]

A stock that declines by one third requires an increase of one half to get back to square one.
Which one does the stockbroker emphasise?.

[AdamD]

I don't really get this. When Audi, Skoda, Seat and VW share so many of the same engines with the same outputs, how can some of these car makers apparently be better or worse than the other. I guess it could be possibly the sum of all the engines from the car maker.

Audi have plenty of engines that are not fitted to VWs or Skodas in most markets. Particularly larger V6s and V8s.

[Ozsko]

I read recently that the judge gave VWA a spanking in court for trying to play games and trying to avoid the issues being raised.

Found it...VW lashed for "playing games" in court

[Ryeman]

Audi have plenty of engines that are not fitted to VWs or Skodas in most markets. Particularly larger V6s and V8s.

Yeah
The expensive ones can make the emissions targets.

[Ozsko]

All VW engines can meet the emissions targets but VW wanted to avoid using ad blue to do it.