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Originally Posted by motorhead
That's just it. Who knows, but I could see more of this type of stuff happening with how strict things are getting. We've seen things like this in the past when the rules have changed rather quickly. I've seen it in my business. All I'm saying is, just because someone in Washington decides that this needs to happen by a certain date, it doesn't mean the technology is there to make it happen.
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At least 1 BMW model was tested along with the Volkswagens by the same people the EPA contracted to look into this (I think it was a university) & was fine. I don't know what else was tested though.
VW is being scrutinized specifically because people noticed a massive difference between their real world emissions & those in a lab setting. And I think it was first spotted in Europe, but that got the EPA curious. If that is the case, then I'd say most other automakers are going to be alright. Because its only North America that VW has a stranglehold on diesel passenger cars. In Europe, everybody sells them. So for VW to be singled out, instead of Chevy or BMW or Mercedes indicates to me that the problem is more specific to a single automaker than a widespread industry practice. Further supporting that idea is the fact that everybody else uses urea in their diesels (specifically to meet NOx emissions) & many people have been wondering for years how VW managed to get around doing that. Looks like we now know that they got around it by cheating on the test.