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posted by janrinok on Friday November 06 2015, @02:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the more-than-just-hot-air dept.

An Anonymous Coward offers the following:

Volkswagen has admitted that more models gamed the emissions test, nearly doubling the number of cars affected. This now includes some Audi and Porsche models and other VW brands. From http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-volkswagen-problems-expand-20151105-story.html

The latest developments followed Volkswagen's admission Tuesday that it had understated the carbon dioxide emissions for 800,000 cars, widening the scope of the scandal.

Bob Lutz comments on a very toxic management culture at VW and offers his explanation for where things went sideways, http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a27197/bob-lutz-vw-diesel-fiasco/, suggesting that the management ruled by fear and threats.

And, a quote from a conversation with the dictator (former VW boss Ferdinand Piƫch) about tight (high quality) body panel fits on a VW, Lutz remembers:

...
"Yeah. I wish we could get close to that at Chrysler."

"I'll give you the recipe. I called all the body engineers, stamping people, manufacturing, and executives into my conference room. And I said, 'I am tired of all these lousy body fits. You have six weeks to achieve world-class body fits. I have all your names. If we do not have good body fits in six weeks, I will replace all of you. Thank you for your time today.' "

This must really be serious now, none of the articles I saw used "xyz-gate" -- instead calling it a scandal or similar.


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  • (Score: 2) by FakeBeldin on Friday November 06 2015, @10:36AM

    by FakeBeldin (3360) on Friday November 06 2015, @10:36AM (#259373) Journal

    "Zero emission"? Ha!

    A recent environmental study from German and Norwegian institutes focused on how much car *tyres* pollute. In a nutshell: car tyres are one of the largest contributors of microplastics to the environment.

    Heck, I'll submit it as a story right now. For those curious: http://www.environment.no/Topics/Waste/Microplastics/#C [environment.no]

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