what’s the precise wording from the law that makes it illegal? i’m curious. i know it’s being reported as “illegal”, but i no longer trust journalists to know what they are talking about. and if it’s just a regulation somewhere that is being violated, is that still strictly speaking, “illegal”?
The law defines “defeat devices” from back when emissions were mechanically-controlled, and prohibits the use of any such device that is “intended to render the (emission) controls inoperative in normal operation.”
It’s quite clear, and everyone in the business knows it.