Volkswagen under investigation over illegal software that masks pollution

[feenix74]

In the Q&A it is touted as a voluntary recall in Oz?????????????????????????????????????????????

Has always been announced as a voluntary recall here in Aus. Mandatory recalls are generally for fixes that are safety related.

[Ozsko]

Has always been announced as a voluntary recall here in Aus. Mandatory recalls are generally for fixes that are safety related.

That implies I do not have to have the update done on my car, good I like that.

[feenix74]

Not planning to get the update done to mine either at this stage.

If the regulators force VWA to make it a mandatory recall, then I am planning to dyno mine before and after. I have 5 years worth of fuel economy data as well from my Shell and Caltex fuel cards. So will be having an interesting chat with VWA if their statements turn out to be incorrect.

[Eaglen00b]

I received this update. Video.

https://vwconnect-marketing.extendcl...Sum=4C5E065E03

Awww.. I feel all warm and fuzzy now. My interests are safe and protected by Volkswagen because they care about me, a customer. NOT. Who's this guy kidding? I had to shut the windows and pull the blinds because the pigs flying by were too distracting.

[stefcio007]

The DCT used in Fords is also used in Volvo, BMW, Ferrari, Mitsubishi, Renault, and Mercedes. Supplied by Getrag.
I bought a Ford Focus Diesel with the wet type DCT, it had 31k km, the price was reasonable so after reading into the transmission on the diesel and it having good reviews I decided to test drive it.
It shifts very well with no issues (*knock wood*), still no problems.

The one to stay away from at all costs is the dry DCT, you can do a quick search and will find heaps of complaints. Apparently the diesels got the wet clutch because the turbo put added strain on the trans that the dry DCT couldn't handle. Makes you wonder why they just didn't use wet DCT for all their vehicles? cost?

I know that Honda uses CVT for their Jazz.

[Idle]

As someone wiser than I remarked a long time ago "there's nothing in the field of human endeavour that someone, somewhere, can't make a little worse, and sell a little cheaper."

CVT's are cheaper than DSG's, and it shows.

They're actually a descendant of a device called the Reeves drive, used on machinery in the long ago.

Also quite close to the system used on early 1900's Douglas motorcycles (I remember playing with one (a flat twin) in the 1930's.)

[Ryeman]

VW's BEV 30 model plan over 10 years
Volkswagen's plan to bounce back? 30 electric car models in 10 years
and possible plans to ban diesel and petrol in German
Germany could follow Norway and the Netherlands, banning gas & diesel cars

[Ozsko]

It doesn't take a genius to work out the fossil fueled cars are entering a wind down stage and electric (not hybrid) will be the future. Mercedes have recently announced similar plans to VW and declared they are targeting Tesla with those plans, Porsche have announced an electric powered car (no, the sun is not going to rise in the West) along with other major European car manufacturers. All this is coming out of Europe, it will be interesting to see how long the US and Asian manufacturers take to get on board and take this trend seriously as beyond some feeble attempts by Toyota there has been next to nothing done by them.

[Guest001]

It doesn't take a genius to work out the fossil fueled cars are entering a wind down stage and electric (not hybrid) will be the future. Mercedes have recently announced similar plans to VW and declared they are targeting Tesla with those plans, Porsche have announced an electric powered car (no, the sun is not going to rise in the West) along with other major European car manufacturers. All this is coming out of Europe, it will be interesting to see how long the US and Asian manufacturers take to get on board and take this trend seriously as beyond some feeble attempts by Toyota there has been next to nothing done by them.

However it has been proved to take more resources to produce batteries than the supposed advantages of using them so why would they go that way.
Perhaps Hydrogen cells are the way to go but almost any new type will require usage of resources to make it.Whether or not it is better has yet to be proven.

[Ozsko]

All good points but the emission figures are what they are chasing above all else due to tighter regulations coming out of Europe and cities and now whole countries threatening or actually imposing bans so it is imperative the manufacturers move fast. BMW & Honda have in the past both gone down the Hydrogen path but it seems to have gone nowhere so far and I think that just possibly Tesla have rattled their cages and caused a flurry of WTF in the manufacturers ranks. BMW openly admit that Tesla have helped them considerably to get where they are with an all electric vehicle but now they are saying that they (BMW) need to go it alone and not rely on anyone else. Interesting times are ahead of us.

[Ryeman]

California's Clean Air Act and the CARB effectively drive world car design and has for ~ 4 decades (the LA smog crisis of the 60s into the 70s) and by 2025 their clean air legislation will have made urban combustion engines untenable and that's what all manufacurers are fixated on.........the U.S. sales market is the carrot.
The BEV and fuel cell car are both powering an electric motor.
An electric motor is relatively simple and low maintenance and that will be a challenge to dealership profits I would imagine.

[Greg Roles]

-not at the price they charge for an electric car with how many moving parts??!!

[Ozsko]

If you can't afford one then you won't be driving a car, no different to today. This change over is really akin to when IC motors first appeared, expensive and ridiculously short range with nowhere to refuel, the same problems that electric car makers now face though Tesla has reasonable range now. I saw a report where Sydney to Melbourne is being done with one 30 minute stop.

[Ryeman]

-not at the price they charge for an electric car with how many moving parts??!!

A fridge on wheels.......white goods!
JB'll be selling them eventually

[Greg Roles]

At what point do people in their "clean" electric cars realise they are just passing their immediate emissions to some big arse coal fired powerstation? Don't get me wrong I'm all for max torque at 1 rpm, but emission free...well...