| Topic: | Re:Re:Who knew what Volkswagen was doing? | |
| Posted by: | Michael Robinson | |
| Date/Time: | 24/09/15 13:00:00 |
| VW have already admitted they cheated so I don't think the cock-up theory applies although "who knew" is still to be answered. There should be a clear evidence trail in terms of requirements and software documentation, but this is probably only visible to a relatively small number of people within VW unlike, say, a component. The emissions tests are quite prescriptive and done on rollers, so there is no steering. I'd guess it would be quite easy to write a cheat that turned off emissions under particular circumstances. Not quite IF speed = 20 AND steering = none THEN emissions control = ON but maybe not that far off. |