Re:What really happened at Volkswagen
by rurban on Monday June 05, 2017 @05:09AM
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Whow, so many mistakes.
"VW's conduct both in implementing these cheats": No Bosch implemented these cheats. If there was help or demand from outside, it was Audi, not VW.
"Why only VW? VW sells more Diesel cars in the US than all other companies together."
The fines should be on all manifacturers of the cheaters. From the list of the affected engines I see not a single one being targeted. The relevant VW engines are all manifactured by Audi, the relevant cheats were manifactured by Bosch, the other relevant cheaters involve everyone: Audi, Daimler, BMW, Skoda, Volvo, VW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Citroen, Mazda, Peugeot, Hyundai, KIA, Toyota, Ssangyong, Infinity, Fiat, Ford, Mitshubishi, Seat, Vauxhall, Chevrolet, Dacia, Honda, Nissan, MG, Porsche, Renault, ... you name it. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/23/diesel-cars...
Only those 7 diesel cars meet the Euro 6 NOx limits, the other 97% not.
* Audi A5 2014
* BMW 3 Series 2013
* Skoda Superb 2016
* Volkswagen Golf SV 2015
* Volkswagen Passat 2016
* Volkswagen Scirocco 2015
* Volkswagen Touran 2016
"VW's conduct both in implementing these cheats": No Bosch implemented these cheats. If there was help or demand from outside, it was Audi, not VW.
"Why only VW? VW sells more Diesel cars in the US than all other companies together."
The fines should be on all manifacturers of the cheaters. From the list of the affected engines I see not a single one being targeted. The relevant VW engines are all manifactured by Audi, the relevant cheats were manifactured by Bosch, the other relevant cheaters involve everyone: Audi, Daimler, BMW, Skoda, Volvo, VW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Citroen, Mazda, Peugeot, Hyundai, KIA, Toyota, Ssangyong, Infinity, Fiat, Ford, Mitshubishi, Seat, Vauxhall, Chevrolet, Dacia, Honda, Nissan, MG, Porsche, Renault, ... you name it. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/23/diesel-cars...
Only those 7 diesel cars meet the Euro 6 NOx limits, the other 97% not.
Note that this mostly consists of VW cars meeting the limits, all others not. A good technical overview is summarized here: http://www.theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/ICCT...