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Originally Posted by Xist
I just heard on the news that Fiat-Chrysler lost a lawsuit about emissions fraud.
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Fake news, actually. There's really not much to it on Chrysler's end. It was in the software and it was
very well optimized for the EPA tests and
when driven like a normal person was dirtier:
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CA’s suit appears to differ from VW’s scandal in that VW’s defeat device actually sensed when the vehicle was being tested by the government on a dyno, and turned up emissions controls accordingly. FCA, on the other hand, appears to have optimized its emissions controls software to the EPA’s drive cycles too narrowly, and not focused on keeping emissions down in off-cycle, normal on-road conditions.
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It's kind of like the mpg rating: if you drive it like a tester does, you get better mileage than when you drive it like an idiot. Turns out emissions also got worse when an idiot was thrashing the gas pedal. Chrysler's recall is going to update the software to reduce emissions over a wider range of driving styles (and throw in a warranty extension to encourage people to do the update) and they're going to owe money to some customers whose gas pedal stomping fun is now going to suffer a bit.
Volkswagen, on the other hand, flat out cheated. Like a business that kept two sets of books, all their diesels had two distinct operating modes and switched to "clean" mode when a test was being performed. Some of VW's cars simply cannot be made to pass and had to be bought back. That's a newsworthy scandal.
It's not that anyone is keeping quiet about FCA, there just isn't much to tell. Is it news that driving inefficiently is... inefficient?