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Nissan Workers In Japan Falsified Emissions Tests, Review Says (nytimes.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: Nissan Motor has become the latest Japanese automaker to admit to falsifying product-quality data (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source), dealing a further blow to Japan Inc.'s reputation for dependable quality. An internal review of emissions and fuel economy tests at Nissan's production plants in Japan showed that company inspectors used "altered measurement values" on emissions inspection reports, the company said in a statement on Monday. The tests also "deviated from the prescribed testing environment," it said.
The review found that all models complied with Japanese safety and emissions standards, it said. The exception was the Nissan GT-R, a two-door sports car, which the company produces too few of to comprehensively review its record, said Nick Maxfield, a Nissan spokesman, in an email. The company said the falsification problems ultimately did not affect fuel-economy findings. Nissan said that it had already started investigating the falsifications and that it had retained a Japanese law firm, Nishimura & Asahi, to lead the effort. The investigation is likely to take one month, Mr. Maxfield said. "Nissan understands and regrets the concern and inconvenience caused to stakeholders," the company said in a statement.
The review found that all models complied with Japanese safety and emissions standards, it said. The exception was the Nissan GT-R, a two-door sports car, which the company produces too few of to comprehensively review its record, said Nick Maxfield, a Nissan spokesman, in an email. The company said the falsification problems ultimately did not affect fuel-economy findings. Nissan said that it had already started investigating the falsifications and that it had retained a Japanese law firm, Nishimura & Asahi, to lead the effort. The investigation is likely to take one month, Mr. Maxfield said. "Nissan understands and regrets the concern and inconvenience caused to stakeholders," the company said in a statement.
This why self driving cars will lot's of testing and laws.
Maybe something like the FAA code audit that is done on autopilots.
Also rules like
software updates must be free for at least 5 years and free means that if say a bigger SD card / ssd / etc is needed then that part + install must be free.
No roaming fees or data fees for forced updates.
No forced onstar unless it's free for at least 5 years
No forced XM for data unless it's free for at least 5 years
unlikely, The GT-R is a high end sports car with very low volume in sales. Even if they had falsified them to hide high emissions the fine would be tiny compared to VW. however it seems the cars are compliant, just the test were originally never done, still a big deal, just not a VW level big deal.
Testing and peer review may also grammar problems :-)
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Please clarify.
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GTRs are more than sportscars, they are supercars. They are often supercars that beat other supercars 3 times their price. I have the feeling this fudge factor was keeping the costs down and performance up... not sure GTR owners are going to be upset. However, I prefer my manufacturers to keep it honest. Japanese culture is all about the environment... they'll take the small amount of heat from the press in Japan is my guess.
They won't have a direct effect; but do you think that a lesson in the ease and convenience of papering over engineering problems is going to do the rigor of various costly, but reliability critical, quality control measures any good?
Quality control involves a lot of being willing to look rigorously at things that would be much less of a nuisance if you just let them slide long enough to be someone else's problem.
I understand why you posted as AC.
No one would publicly admit to owning a Nissan Juke.
You were mostly right up until that last part. Yes, eventually you will have to replace the battery pack, which most EV owners consider to be a consumable in much the same way that gasoline and fuel filters are consumables on ICE cars. Other than the battery, though, in principle, there's very little reason why an electric car should not basically run forever.
Whether you're talking about clogged carburetors, clogged injectors, worn piston rings, worn valve lifters, blown head gaskets, bent camshafts, leaking or bent valves, or any number of other interesting things that can go wrong mechanically with an ICE engine, there are simply a crazy number of parts that can wear out or fail, often catastrophically. With EVs, you have basically two or three bearings plus the rotor (which doesn't touch anything), and that's it other than a fixed gearbox, axles, differential, and wheels.
So EVs should be far more reliable over the long term than any ICE design can possibly be, because there are typically about two orders of magnitude fewer moving parts. Even if you took away all the emissions control systems in the ICE design (which usually do not cause the cars to fail, unless you consider failing a smog test to be "failing"), this would still be true.
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The subject line itself appears to be missing "is".
No big deal, I'm just joking around. I bleep up grammar all the time myself, and slashdot offers no direct way to correct it. I suggest they at least allow a footnote-like correction section. Use a line (HR) or different font to delineate it.
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"Our bot cars have the most and best testing in the world, believe me! Nobody tests harder; not Jiiina, not Elton John, and not even that Samsonite gorilla. Love that guy, high energy, I know his lawyer. Make Testing Great Again!"
FTFY
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