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Subject:Re: NVC Re: VW, honour, and culture
From:Dave Mcneely
Date:Fri, 25 Sep 2015 13:56:48 -0500

1.  No, the BMW they tested did not fail their test.   2.  Other manufacturers ARE being investigated.  mcneely

---- Jon VO <jondvo@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 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)
> >>

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David McNeely