[mk89]

The emission scandal is something that VW paid while literally everyone else didn't - they got caught because they installed cheating software and deinstalled it after the test lab, while the others did pretty much the same in the same software which was more sophisticated, as it could somehow recognize the car wasn't being driven in real use cases, which reduced the emissions, to drastically increase once it was driven outside.

So yeah, Ford, Nissan, etc., also did their cheating, but due to some loopholes they are all good :)

[toast0]

IIRC, VWs in the wild would pass emissions tests, as long as only the drive wheels moved and the steering wasn't touched.

Of course, most people drive on roads, so the non-drive wheels move, and most trips involve turns.

Since the emissions tests were conducted on a dynamometer, the average affected car would likely pass. Researchers did tests in real world conditions and found the emissions varied significantly.

[jqpabc123]

So yeah, Ford, Nissan, etc., also did their cheating, but due to some loopholes they are all good :)

Just provide your proof of this to one of the millions of greedy lawyers out there and you can easily become rich.

[netsharc]

I guess grandfather isn't that accurate:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltaylor/2021/07/08/german...

https://www.theregister.com/2018/07/10/nissan_admits_falsify...

The difference is, some people say "VW, never again!", meanwhile they don't notice that all car manufacturers are probably guilty.

There is an old news article that said UK, French and German authorities argued to keep lax emissions testing (e.g. "they should be done while the car is going downhill!"), no doubt due to their car industry lobbyists, but since search engines suck now I can't find it anymore

[potato3732842]

So basically VW got shit all over not for cheating but for being the lowest dollar, lowest effort, trashiest implementation of cheating that makes a fool out of the regulating agency. That's actually makes perfect sense if you're jaded enough