That’s not the point.
VW proved that they are smarter than the people who regulate them by an order of magnitude. And for this, they must be SEVERELY PUNISHED!!
Like I said upthread, VW punked the EPA, thus they must be punished.
Since traction control (ABS) senses wheel rotation, the software recognized only the front wheels were turning while on the emission check dyno. So the software told the car not to freak out because the back wheels aren’t turning...”car, you’re undergoing an E-check so I’m going to dummy down the output during this time soes you can pass.”
For the life of me, I cannot get my head around why using a gallon of fuel more efficiently is bad.