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by 10-1-100 2191 days ago
Not sure faking results counts as optimizing cars /shrug
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They were not faked. Cars were optimized to behave in a certain way under exact test scenario.

They were not producing any fake output data from the sensors, just "optimizing" engine behavior.

They didn't output fake data, true, but their "optimization" was to only activate emissions controls during testing. That's fraud.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/08/446861855...

Ah interesting - I stand corrected. Thanks for explaining!