What are the chances that VW is the only automaker that cheated during emission testing? 0.1%?
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@stilkov IMHO the more interesting question is: What happens to VW if they've been indeed the only ones cheating?
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@joschi83 @stilkov they aren't. It's common knowledge that cars try to detect whether it's actually moving & if not switch engine params!
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@goldstift @stilkov I'd argue that there's a difference between optimizing emissions during a complete standstill and an emission test.
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@joschi83 @stilkov I was told by an internal that cars of his employer have build-in logic to detect such test scenarios! And it wasn’t VW!
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Replying to @aheusingfeld
@goldstift @joschi83 It surely isn’t common knowledge then, and maybe your acquaintance needs to turn into a whistleblower ;-)

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Replying to @stilkov
@stilkov @goldstift @joschi83 and if the german gov. would be interested to find that out or "ignore" it, since its a major industry part :)