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Possible Diesel Exhaust Collusion Between German Automakers for Decades

posted by martyb on Sunday July 23 2017, @01:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the exhausting-coverage dept.

canopic jug writes:

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.

Source (in German): http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/volkswagen-audi-porsche-bmw-und-daimler-unter-kartellverdacht-a-1159052.html

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @11:15AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @11:15AM (#543337)

    Testing doesn't necessarily reveal the kind of defeat code buried in the engine and transmission computers.

    Let's not be so naive. If Company A cheats on their emissions via this type of defeat code then they know how to test Company B's cars to see if they also use a similar method of cheating. They don't need access to the code, just testing the vehicle differently.

    I wonder if this cooperation resulted in competition to develop better methods of cheating rather than better diesel engines.