Volkswagen caught with a cheating software

**bloowolf** · September 20th, 2015 12:33 PM

Found this in the news: Volkswagen under investigation over illegal software that masks emissions | Business | The Guardian

**enjay72** · September 21st, 2015 02:53 PM

umamin din VW sa ginawa nila tsk tsk tsk. shocking.

Volkswagen CEO apologizes for cheating on US auto emissions tests

**chronicle** · September 21st, 2015 08:48 PM

What are they trying to achieve here? Sayang ang brand image nila.

**bloowolf** · September 21st, 2015 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by chronicle

What are they trying to achieve here? Sayang ang brand image nila.

I guess they couldn't keep up with the emission standards, hence, took to software to do it.

**bloowolf** · September 21st, 2015 10:05 PM

The fines can reach $37,500 per vehicle and your talking about 500,000 in the US alone. Repair for the cars will be at VW's expense.

**LancerA174A** · September 21st, 2015 10:10 PM

Hmm. If it's as simple as software removal they can get away with almost half of the cars para mabawasan fine nila.

Reminds me of Samsung and HTC yata yung nahuling nag ooverclock ng CPU pag nadedetect benchmarking apps.

**oj88** · September 21st, 2015 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by bloowolf

I guess they couldn't keep up with the emission standards, hence, took to software to do it.

They actually were able to keep up with the emissions standards. It's just that, they chose to relax their emissions system after the test to probably boost fuel economy and/or increase performance.

If I would venture a guess, I'd say that they're likely disabling or reducing the function of the EGR system once the test has been concluded. The reduction of NOx gases is one of the main goals of the EGR, at the expense of a slight reduction to mid-end power, and then some.

**moneyp** · September 22nd, 2015 07:30 AM

Bagsak ang stock nila sa US markets. Does not reflect well at all at their products. And to think taga pa ang prices ng mga kotse nila.

**111prez** · September 22nd, 2015 07:45 AM

Kailangang ba nilang mag cheat dito?

Wala namang kuwenta emission testing sa atin

**bloowolf** · September 22nd, 2015 07:49 AM

Originally Posted by 111prez

Kailangang ba nilang mag cheat dito?

Wala namang kuwenta emission testing sa atin

Diba sa US, they hate cheaters. Dito naman satin, it raises eyebrows but no one really cares. Besides, the US is Euro 6 standards, Philippines is barely Euro 4.