Re:Volkswagen overtakes Toyota as the world's biggest carmaker
by lyschoening on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:10AM
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You ignore that emission standards in Europe were less strict when it came to diesel pollution, so that 5cent placebo plastic pipe makes the cars compliant there. Emissions standards in Europe focused on C02 emissions and not so much on the toxic byproducts of diesel combustion. That's why the scandal is not such a big issue for Volkswagen in Europe.
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Re:Volkswagen overtakes Toyota as the world's biggest carmaker
by sib on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @10:07AM
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I don't think that GP was ignoring it: "Of course the German government is involved in this company as shareholder and probably knew about the cheating and probably the EU laws for diesel were altered some years ago because of this company" - the point is that the EU car companies big into diesel specifically worked to have this pollution be made less critical in emissions testing...
Re:Volkswagen overtakes Toyota as the world's biggest carmaker
by lyschoening on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @11:51AM
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The thing is diesel was pushed because of its low CO2 emissions and lower cost at the pump. Of course the German government wants to protect German auto companies now, but EU laws are comparatively lax on NOx emissions in part because the focus used to be entirely on CO2 emissions.