Posted on 11/04/2015 5:39:00 AM PST by thackney
Volkswagen admitted in September that it used defeat devices aimed at fooling emissions tests in 11 million of its diesel vehicles -- but now its gasoline models are implicated in the scandal as well. On Tuesday, Volkswagen reported that it understated the level of carbon dioxide emissions of about 800,000 vehicles, including gasoline-powered models. This is the first confirmation that some of Volkswagen's gasoline-run vehicles do in fact exceed carbon dioxide emissions. The company didn't provide details in today's revelation, but it said the conclusion comes after conducting internal emissions tests.
Volkswagen reported its findings after the markets in Europe closed on Tuesday. In October, Volkswagen reported a quarterly loss of $3.84 billion, its first deficit in 15 years. The scandal forced Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn to resign, though he maintained he knew nothing about the defeat devices in his company's diesel models. Other top Volkswagen employees can't claim the same ignorance: American group CEO Michael Horn said he knew of a "possible emissions non-compliance" issue in spring 2014, before the Environmental Protection Agency started looking into it. Other reports claim Volkswagen's "top circles" knew about the cars' high carbon dioxide emissions as far back as 2007.
People keep stating “defeat devices”, this was a software function, not a device in the true sense of the term.
Oversimplifications like this drive me a bit batty.
Anyone out there believe that VW was the only automaker doing this?
When CAFE standards come up against the limits of the Laws of Thermodynamics, something’s gotta give.
This makes me want to buy a VW !!
“Anyone out there believe that VW was the only automaker doing this?”
Anyone out there believe that GM Volt’s biggest fan isn’t using the full might of US espionage to hurt its competitors?
HC+O2=H2O+CO2
It is impossible to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide without reducing the amount of hydrocarbon burned, while at the same time keeping the amount of nitrous oxides low.
Just what I was thinking. They might be selling for deep discounts about now.
Everybody does it. Isn’t that the excuse floated to keep President Clinton from being impeached?
Still, if some greener wants to dump his/her/it's evil TDI for pennies on the dollar, I'll sacrifice my health and take the smoke-filled cancer-cart off their hands.
Don’t Democrats also release carbon dioxide?
And not just BE.
any company that plays the EPA with their own game is a company I like. I’m a VW fan now
Nothing is impossible in a completely politicized government.
BE= VW
I had a 2000 VW Jetta. One time the Check Engine light started flashing. When the light is flashing and not full On it indicates an emission problem.
I took the car to the dealer and they told me one of the emission variables had exceeded the set limit. They told me there was a TSB from VW that instructed them to update the ECU software to change the limit.
I forget exactly when this happened but the car was probably about 8 years old with at least 60K miles on it when this happened.
Over time I think we will find this problem goes way back and affects almost every VW sold for a very long time.
Same here.
Irrelevant since there are ways of after treatment that reduces NOx to specified levels, which is the industry standard.
So now that CO2 has been declared a poisonous gas we need to root out all sources.
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