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."

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Re:The Facts (if anybody is interested)

[Baloroth]

-> it looks like this motors are only a bit off in the laboratory test (they are almost EURO 6 - but not without the cheat)

"Only a little bit off"? They emit 10-40 times as much NOx as they're supposed to (EPA source[PDF warning]). That's not "a little bit", that's "actually a fuckload".

-> EURO 6 from VW is fine (see http://www.theicct.org/nox-con...) as other German manufacturers, but some others have problems.

The linked paper only shows test results from a single VW vehicle. Not enough to say anything about VW's general compliance or lack thereof.