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So much for clean diesel

2015-10-01 15:33:59.54571+02 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

Wide range of cars emit more pollution in realistic driving tests, data shows: Diesel cars made by Renault, Nissan, Hyundai, Citroen, Fiat and Volvo among others emitted far more NOx in more rigorous tests, research shows

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#Comment Re: So much for clean diesel made: 2015-10-02 01:16:01.855383+02 by: Dan Lyke

Yeah, the fact that this was a Bosch part, and Bosch wrote the firmware so that VW could "test" some things...

#Comment Re: So much for clean diesel made: 2015-10-01 19:42:20.386452+02 by: Jack William Bell

Color me not surprised.

Expect more such revelations in the future, including software introducing potential safety issues in order to accomplish some other aim.