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Message: A bit more info on the topic from PC Magazine article

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Changed By: MikenOH
Change Date: December 13, 2016 11:03AM

A bit more info on the topic from PC Magazine article

http://www.pcmag.com/news/350219/report-vws-porsche-probed-over-emissions-cheating-tech

Not a lot of detail, but it involves claims of altering mileage figures and CO2 emissions during the test of the EPA driving cycle via software that detected the ""lab-test driving" via the lack of steering inputs.
If it detected a "test" going on--somehow--the engine changed it's normal parameters to one that produced higher mileage and lower emissions. Lower shift speeds/lower RPM=better mileage,less CO2?

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Author: MikenOH
Date: December 13, 2016 10:58AM

A bit more info on the topic from PC Magazine article

http://www.pcmag.com/news/350219/report-vws-porsche-probed-over-emissions-cheating-tech

Not a lot of detail, but it involves claims of altering mileage figures and CO2 emissions during the test of the EPA driving cycle via software that detected the "test driving" via the lack of steering inputs. If it detected a "test" going on--somehow--the engine changed it's normal parameters to one that produced higher mileage and lower emissions.