Re:VW 'Dieselgate' software developed at Audi in 1999: report
by makomk on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @06:51AM
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I think that's probably a little misleading. The European emissions limits are based on a specific driving cycle that's known to be kinder than real-world driving. If you use a more realistic test cycle with more aggressive acceleration you're going to get worse efficiency and pollution than the NEDC tests.
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Re:VW 'Dieselgate' software developed at Audi in 1999: report
by remael on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @07:04AM
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Exactly. Those are two different, though related, issues.
1. Cheating on the NEDC tests.
2. Emission limits are not coupled to real driving scenarios.
Edit: This is important to distinguish. 1 is illegal, 2 is the law but maybe changed.