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U.S. Docs Show Daimler May Have Done A "Dieselgate"

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday February 22 2018, @09:21AM   Printer-friendly
from the everybody's-doing-it dept.

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

American investigators are looking into Mercedes maker Daimler's use of engine management software that is alleged to help its vehicles pass emissions tests, according to reports.

German tabloid Bild am Sonntag splashed yesterday (behind paywall) that US investigators had found "several software functions that helped Daimler cars pass emissions tests".

The report included several references to documents from US investigators, though none of the English-language translations state which agency these investigators or documents are from.

Another feature outlined in the documents allegedly detected whether the car was on a stationary test rig based on a comparison of speed and acceleration data.

A Daimler spokesman told Reuters the company was cooperating under a confidentiality agreement with the US Department of Justice: "The authorities know the documents and no complaint has been filed."

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Thursday February 22 2018, @12:41PM (2 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Thursday February 22 2018, @12:41PM (#641763)

    All compliance software is designed to pass tests, the question is: how much does the software change during test cycle vs typical operation?

    I reprogrammed my (aftermarket) ECU to different settings at idle so I could pass the tail-pipe sniffer tests in Houston - did nothing to typical operation, but the test is at idle, so that's where I tweaked. Now, if I re-programmed after the test a) that would have felt like cheating, and b) I would have had to program it back for the next test - so I didn't.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @01:06PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @01:06PM (#641774)

    All strawmen arguments are meant to mislead debate. I.e. where did you get "compliance software"?

    Sounds like you didn't break the law. Who knows whether Daim did.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @01:25PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @01:25PM (#641780)

    Gas?

    If I'm not mistaken, gasoline cars are tested at idle, diesel cars at load. So your trick wouldn't work for a diesel car.