View Single Post
  #212   Report Post  
Posted to alt.home.repair,rec.autos.tech,sci.electronics.repair
Ashton Crusher[_2_] Ashton Crusher[_2_] is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,378
Default EPA caught VW cheating - how does the car know it's being tested?

On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 01:56:01 +0000 (UTC), JJ
wrote:

Ewald Böhm wrote in message


Apparently Volkswagen/Audi cheated on the USA emissions tests since
2009 to 2015 by turning off the EGR to lower nitrogen oxide emissions
ONLY when the car was being tested for emissions.


Was the software really all that "sophisticated"?

The NY Times said it was "sophisticated".
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/25/bu...boardroom.html

I think it was just brazen.



No reason it can't be both.