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Multiple sites are reporting on a recent article in Der Spiegel about what might be the largest cartel case in German economic history. Automakers VW, Audi, Porsche, BMW, and Daimler are alleged to have coordinated in secret since the 1990s regarding, among other things, diesel emission cheating.
- German carmakers may have colluded on diesel systems: Spiegel
- German magazine alleges decades of improper practice to fix costs and discuss diesel emissions
- German Carmakers Can't Catch a Break as Next Scandal Looms Large
- German carmakers Volkswagen, Audi, BMW 'colluded' on diesel emissions: Report
Source (in German): http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/volkswagen-audi-porsche-bmw-und-daimler-unter-kartellverdacht-a-1159052.html
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In Tulsa, Oklahoma, it is against the law to open a soda bottle without
the supervision of a licensed engineer.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @04:14AM (3 children)
Rules that were designed to keep outside makers out of the market. The ones who designed the rules are criminals and must be exposed and punished.
Now we know for sure the diesel emissions tests were impossible to pass.
That is how they steal our future. Make tests easy for school children so the jewish children "little jews" can pass. Make tests for engineers that are impossible to pass.
In all the MSM coverage, I did not see anyone questioning the diesel emissions tests themselves, or maybe I missed a huge story exposing jews who made sure their favourite companies keep stealing money from their victims.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday July 23 2017, @04:43AM (2 children)
"the diesel emissions tests were impossible to pass"
No, you don't know that at all. You know for certain that it was CHEAPER to fake passing them, than to actually pass them. The VW Golf passes the most stringent EU tests, even when the journalist drivers are working had to make it fail. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/07/a-diesel-emissions-test-you-cant-game-we-try-it-out/ [arstechnica.com]
The only reason the scandal happened, is that people were making money by beating the system. Cost has little or nothing to do with whether a goal is achievable, it only motivates the people involved to either work harder, or to cheat. Most auto manufacturers CHOSE TO CHEAT.
I was looking to see which auto manufacturers DID NOT CHEAT, and I'm not finding anything. Improper search terms, I suppose. Or, maybe they were all cheating.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @05:29AM
*GASP* Say it is't so...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @07:09AM
And people were saying bad things about cheating in cycling.... seems it's our nature to cheat while proclaiming loudly we don't. Hell, just look at the US President. Prime example of a cheater.