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Subject:Re: NVC Re: VW, honour, and culture
From:Jon VO
Date:Fri, 25 Sep 2015 11:32:00 -0600

OK then, ALL of the tested vehicles in the WV emissions test 18mo ago
failed on NoX emissions. Only VW admits to having "cheated". Based on
these results, why are not the other vehicle manufacturers being
investigated?
JonVO

On 9/25/2015 11:14 AM, Karl Ploessl wrote:
> so we know that VW "cheated". But how was it done?
>
> CEO says to his underling: go and get the the diesel engine certified.
> Underling goes to his/her underling and tells them get it done. And so on.
> Diesel engineer knows that it can't be done and orders the programmers to
> put in cheat code. So there must be lots of people involved who "knew", at
> least programmers, engineer? Everybody is quiet, doesn't go home and tells
> SO about the work? SO doesn't chat with neighbors....
> Difficult to imagine that everybody kept a quiet lip... but has to be like
> that?
>
> What other scenarios are possible?
>
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Richard Smith <richard_smith@gnwc.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Small to medium sized enterprises.
>> --
>> On Sep 25, 2015, at 7:16 AM, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM<mailto:
>> sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM>> wrote:
>>
>> SME being ? (sorry, the only SME I know is a Subject Matter Expert)
>>