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Reports: Volkswagen Was Warned of Emissions Cheating Years Ago
An anonymous reader writes: More fuel was thrown on the Volkswagen fire today after two German newspapers reported that Volkswagen's own staff and one of its suppliers warned years ago about software designed to thwart emissions test. Volkswagen declined to comment on the details of either newspaper report. "There are serious investigations underway and the focus is now also on technical solutions" for customers and dealers, a Volkswagen spokesman said. "As soon as we have reliable facts we will be able to give answers."
This is a Reuters news story - why is the submission linking to Newsweek, which locks the article behind their ad wall?
Here's a Reuters link:
http://www.reuters.com/article...
I think you're overestimating the socialist influence. I worked there from 2010-2014, and most of the upper management I met there was definitely capitalist rather than socialist.
No it doesn't. LLC or Limited means that shareholders are only on the hook for the value of their shares if something goes wrong. If you are a shareholder in a non Limited company you can be on the hook for your entire asset pool if something happens. Both forms of corporations exist, however non limiteds are extremely rare.
VW is not a LLC, though. LLC is more like a German GmbH. VW is an AG, a civil law publicly traded corporation..
"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever" -- David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap
Seriously? Ok VW is an Aktiengesellschaft. Aktiengesellschaft, is a German term for a public limited company — a company whose shares are offered to the general public and traded on a public stock exchange, and whose shareholders' liability is limited to their investment. The shareholders are not responsible for the company's debts and their personal assets are protected in case the company becomes insolvent.
When your vehicle is cold the combustion is less complete and there is left over fuel. On top of this your catalytic converter is cold. So air is injected into the exhaust for two reasons. The first is to provide oxygen for unburnt fuel to be burnt and the second was to rapidly increase the temperature of the catalytic converter to it starts working.
Then once you car is up to temp the air is pumped into the exhaust system just infront of the cat. This allows the cat to be much more efficient and more complete in its transformation.
They were called smog pumps because they reduced smog. But it wasn't through bending the rules it was actually because it did something to reduce emissions.