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Re:Four more carmakers join diesel emissions row by sitharus on Friday October 09, 2015 @10:18PM (#10364206)
The article suggests on average real-world emissions are 2-5x more than in the lab except for a 20x outlier. VW was 40 times more than in the lab.

I don't think most of these cars are hiding anything, it's just an example of how easy it is to optimise for a fixed test.

Re:Four more carmakers join diesel emissions row by LoSboccacc on Saturday October 10, 2015 @05:55AM (#10365026)
exactly, beside, a disconnect between test regime and real world results is expected.

what VW did was not just optimize for the test, but cheat the test, which is: those cars in the article are able to pass the tested restriction in the test regime, while disabling the cheating code wv engines were found not to be able to match test restriction even under test regime.

no one here was busted for real world emission. that's kind of understood already by regulators which built the test assuming the result would trickle down in real world usage even if not 1:1