Thread: VW caught by the Yanks for breaking emission laws

Obviously, this raises the question of whether BAS remaps for Defenders, which appear to act in a similar way by closing the EGR, are actually illegal. And of whether Land Rover is also doing this software trick with its other vehicles. It seems there will be an investigation of all vehicle manufacturers over this. How will JLR come out of this?

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I always thought that altering emissions including by deleting or blocking the EGR made the vehicle unroadworthy. The same as a non functioning muffler which will get you a yellow canary on the side of the road.

Meanwhile,

Kill the environment buy a Prius
Toyota's Prius is Less Efficient and Environmentally Friendly than a Hummer? (The Torque Report)

Funny how electric cars never compare burning coal to make electricity vs burning petrol or diesel.

Save the planet, buy a Defender and keep it for 50 years

California has driven automotive emission laws for probably 30 years

Originally Posted by Eevo

so when research says diesel exhaust is carcinogenic, if not the particulate part, what part are they referring to?

Well they will give you cancer but produce less co2 and CO. 😊

And of course engine remaps are illegal from an emissions point of view.

Originally Posted by AndyG

Meanwhile,

Kill the environment buy a Prius
Toyota's Prius is Less Efficient and Environmentally Friendly than a Hummer? (The Torque Report)

Funny how electric cars never compare burning coal to make electricity vs burning petrol or diesel.

Save the planet, buy a Defender and keep it for 50 years

Of course that article is nearly a decade old and technology has improved by huge amounts since then. The original myth was about nickel mining causing environmental degradation and is based on one mining incident. Anyway there were heaps of responses to that false claim, here's one from 2006

Oh, so a Hummer is NOT greener than a Prius

Sprung,

then there is

How Green Is a Tesla, Really? | Mother Jones
Lies, damned lies and statistics, what answer do you want?
And im an econometrician by qualification, a long long time ago.

My point was some of these cars are promoted as clean / no impact and the downstream effects are ignored.
Maybe the answer is an electric step thru scooter with solar panels on the roof to power it.

I think there is general disbelief that VW could be so dishonest, stupid, arrogant?, words fail.