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We're almost at the end of the first month of the Volkswagen scandal, which now includes 11 million cars and Leonardo DiCaprio. VW's US boss has testified to Congress, blaming a few rogue software engineers. All the while, questions have raged about VW Group's future: which projects are safe, which ones are on the chopping block, and how exactly will the company recover from this?
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VW's board has finally started to answer some of those swirling questions. For starters, there's going to be much more emphasis on electrification. Electric vehicles and hybrids have played more of a bit part at VW, compared to Toyota, GM, and domestic rivals BMW and Mercedes-Benz. That's going to change with a standard electric architecture that can be used across multiple vehicles and brands.VW Group isn't devoid of hybrid and EV know-how. Audi's Le Mans program has taught it a lot about high voltage automotive systems, and Porsche has a wealth of experience from the 918 Spyder, Panamera Hybrid, and even the 919 Hybrid racer. VW would be smart to leverage all these programs.
VW is the largest car company in Europe. This is what sudden, disruptive technological change looks like.
(Score: 2) by Techwolf on Friday October 16 2015, @06:49PM
Has anyone tested the cars before and after the firmware fix to see if it really makes a difference in emission per MILE(not percentages)? I would like to see if the carbon, no2 emitted per mile rather then percentages.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 16 2015, @07:46PM
I think you can calculate that yourself if you know the fuel economy. The number of miles per gallon is inversely proportional to the number of grams of CO2 / mile. If you know the percentages you can then also calculate grams of NOx / mile.