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Default EPA full of ****, VW was not cheating!

On 9/18/2015 8:19 PM, Ewald Böhm asked:
My question is HOW did the car *know* it was being *tested* for emissions?


From the NY Times: "The software could silently deduce that an inspection
was taking place based on the position of the steering wheel (cars hooked
up to emissions meters don’t make turns), the speed of the vehicle, how
long the engine had been running and barometric pressure."

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