Volkswagen Diesel Scandal Spreads To Porsche and Audi

New submitter sumanareddyraval writes: The fallout from the Volkswagen diesel scandal is spreading fast to the company's other famous brands, including Porsche and Audi, and across the Atlantic to the U.S. The scandal reached down into the company's engineering corps as the CEO of Volkswagen's US business, the research and development chief from Audi and the engine chief from Porsche, which are part of the Volkswagen Group, are said to be following Volkswagen's CEO out the door of the company, according to multiple reports Thursday. The impending departures are a sign that the Volkswagen scandal is ready to grow to much larger proportions.

Comments

Pulling that off was a major conspiracy

[jfdavis668]

Hiding car emissions was not done by a couple of people. A large number in the people inside these companies were involved in pulling it off.

Re:One guy is plenty

[mrchaotica]

I know they say VW cars detected complex heuristics to determine if they're on the rolling bed....

According to one article I read, the heuristic was "did the emissions testing technician put the car into emissions testing mode." Apparently, the cars need a separate setting for that to prevent the electronic stability control from going haywire when it starts reading the front wheels going 50 MPH while the back wheels are stationary.