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Re:Nissan Admits Internal Emissions-Test Results were Falsified by hwillis on Monday July 09, 2018 @11:31AM (#17490958)
Seriously- the Jetta TDI made 11% less power[1] in compliance mode. This isn't about the regulations being hard to meet, it's about flagrantly disregarding the EPA. It's about how pathetically toothless the EPA is, that they didn't have the funding or reach to discover this and instead college students figured it out.

[1]: https://jalopnik.com/heres-how-much-horsepower-volkswagens-l...

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Re:Nissan Admits Internal Emissions-Test Results were Falsified by hinkley on Monday July 09, 2018 @09:08PM (#17494689)
The year I bought my Jetta it was the most efficient midsize sedan by a wide margin. I bought it because my friends had Priuses and it was feeling pretty monochromatic at my house.

The skeptic in me should have known better. One manufacturer was blowing everyone else out of the water? German engineering? A seriously nifty gearbox? Are those enough to explain the difference? Apparently not.

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Re:Nissan Admits Internal Emissions-Test Results were Falsified by Reason077 on Monday July 09, 2018 @11:42AM (#17491062)
Toothless? The EPA is like a great white shark compared to European regulators.
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Re:Nissan Admits Internal Emissions-Test Results were Falsified by jacquesm on Monday July 09, 2018 @12:50PM (#17491583)
Was.
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Re:Nissan Admits Internal Emissions-Test Results were Falsified by NeoBasilisk on Monday July 09, 2018 @05:36PM (#17493642)
Yeah, the fact that Scott Pruitt was the head of the EPA for over a year was a sick joke.
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