On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 21:56:15 +0100, dennis@home wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34857404

Not been proven yet. Just that it "could".

They ran the tests and they failed.

Re-read the article...

They confirmed the Passat in question had the software, and it passed
the test.

Then they did a DIFFERENT test, and it gave readings that would have
failed the official test. Except the official test is very strictly
defined, including the rates of acceleration. Accelerating "hard" is a
very different kettle of fish.

They ran the same test except they fooled the software by not starting
in the normal test conditions.

Thereby doing a _different_ test.