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Leroy N. Soetoro
Nov 4, 2015, 1:57:18 PM11/4/15
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/03/business/some-porsche-models-found-to-
have-emissions-cheating-software.html
The Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday that it had discovered
cheating software on more Volkswagen and Audi cars than previously
disclosed and, for the first time, also found the illegal software in some
of the carmaker’s high-end Porsche models.
The findings put significant new pressure on Volkswagen, which did not
reveal the defeat devices to the agency, and its new chief executive,
Matthias Müller, who was previously the head of Volkswagen’s Porsche
division.
Mr. Müller’s predecessor, Martin Winterkorn, resigned in September after
regulators in the United States disclosed that the German automaker had
installed sophisticated software on some Volkswagen diesel models that
reduced pollutant emissions when the cars were being tested. In day-to-day
usage, the mandatory controls were turned off, providing the cars with
better engine performance but emitting as much as 40 times the legal
limits of nitrogen oxide, a pollutant linked to lung ailments.
The new revelations escalate the potential damage to Volkswagen’s finances
and reputation. Audi and Porsche are the source of most of the company’s
earnings, because profit margins tend to be much higher on luxury cars. In
contrast to Volkswagen brand cars, which have struggled in the United
States, Audi and Porsche are success stories in America. The United States
is Porsche’s biggest single market.
The E.P.A.’s report opens a new chapter in its investigation of
Volkswagen’s practice. The new cheating devices were uncovered by
investigators during new tests that were conducted on all diesel car
models in the United States by E.P.A., the California Air Resources Board
and the regulatory group Environment Canada.
“VW has once again failed its obligation to comply with the law that
protects clean air for all Americans,” Cynthia Giles, the assistant
administrator for E.P.A.’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance,
said in a statement.
Volkswagen did not immediately comment on the E.P.A.’s announcement. The
carmaker has not yet disclosed how it will fix the cars.
Since September, regulators have been conducting additional tests on all
diesel cars models. They have not found similar defeat devices on diesel
models produced by automakers other than Volkswagen. Testing is continuing
and the agency plans to make its results public once the tests are
completed.
The agency says the new tests found that Volkswagen had installed a defeat
device in some Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche diesel cars with a 3.0-liter
engines, encompassing model years 2014 through 2016. It said these
devices, meant to cheat on emissions testing, would increase the release
of nitrogen oxide up to nine times the agency’s standard.
The disclosure covers about 10,000 passenger cars already sold in the
United States since the model year 2014. In addition, the violation notice
from the agency covers an unspecified number of 2016 vehicles. The cars
found to have the software installed are the diesel versions of the 2014
VW Touareg, the 2015 Porsche Cayenne and the 2016 Audi A6 Quattro, A7
Quattro, A8, A8L and Q5.
Until now, investigators in the United States and Europe had focused on
2.0-liter engines. Volkswagen has admitted that more than 11 million cars
were equipped with this fraudulent software, including 482,000 in the
United States.
Officials at the E.P.A. declined to say if Volkswagen had ever alerted
them to the existence of fraudulent software on some of its 3.0-liter
engines, citing the incomplete investigation.
“It continues to confirm that Volkswagen made a tremendous mistake in its
corporate risk assessment, believing it could get away with this type of
cheating and believing the repercussions would be modest,” said Drew
Kodjak, executive director of the International Council on Clean
Transportation, an environmental group whose testing played a role in
revealing the VW scandal.
The company, one of Germany’s largest, is facing investigations in Europe
and in the United States. It has already set aside 6.7 billion euros,
about $7.4 billion, to cover the expense of recalling and repairing cars
equipped with the illegal software, though by most estimates the scandal
is likely to cost Volkswagen a lot more than that.
Volkswagen has suspended several high-ranking officials potentially
associated with the deceit.
During the first nine months of this year, Audi generated operating profit
of €4 billion, or about 40 percent of the Volkswagen total, while Porsche
generated ¢2.6 billion or another 25 percent of the total.
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felon using SSAN 042-68-4425, belonging to a dead man.
Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
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Obama continues his muslim goal of disarming America while ObamaCare
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have-emissions-cheating-software.html
The Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday that it had discovered
cheating software on more Volkswagen and Audi cars than previously
disclosed and, for the first time, also found the illegal software in some
of the carmaker’s high-end Porsche models.
The findings put significant new pressure on Volkswagen, which did not
reveal the defeat devices to the agency, and its new chief executive,
Matthias Müller, who was previously the head of Volkswagen’s Porsche
division.
Mr. Müller’s predecessor, Martin Winterkorn, resigned in September after
regulators in the United States disclosed that the German automaker had
installed sophisticated software on some Volkswagen diesel models that
reduced pollutant emissions when the cars were being tested. In day-to-day
usage, the mandatory controls were turned off, providing the cars with
better engine performance but emitting as much as 40 times the legal
limits of nitrogen oxide, a pollutant linked to lung ailments.
The new revelations escalate the potential damage to Volkswagen’s finances
and reputation. Audi and Porsche are the source of most of the company’s
earnings, because profit margins tend to be much higher on luxury cars. In
contrast to Volkswagen brand cars, which have struggled in the United
States, Audi and Porsche are success stories in America. The United States
is Porsche’s biggest single market.
The E.P.A.’s report opens a new chapter in its investigation of
Volkswagen’s practice. The new cheating devices were uncovered by
investigators during new tests that were conducted on all diesel car
models in the United States by E.P.A., the California Air Resources Board
and the regulatory group Environment Canada.
“VW has once again failed its obligation to comply with the law that
protects clean air for all Americans,” Cynthia Giles, the assistant
administrator for E.P.A.’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance,
said in a statement.
Volkswagen did not immediately comment on the E.P.A.’s announcement. The
carmaker has not yet disclosed how it will fix the cars.
Since September, regulators have been conducting additional tests on all
diesel cars models. They have not found similar defeat devices on diesel
models produced by automakers other than Volkswagen. Testing is continuing
and the agency plans to make its results public once the tests are
completed.
The agency says the new tests found that Volkswagen had installed a defeat
device in some Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche diesel cars with a 3.0-liter
engines, encompassing model years 2014 through 2016. It said these
devices, meant to cheat on emissions testing, would increase the release
of nitrogen oxide up to nine times the agency’s standard.
The disclosure covers about 10,000 passenger cars already sold in the
United States since the model year 2014. In addition, the violation notice
from the agency covers an unspecified number of 2016 vehicles. The cars
found to have the software installed are the diesel versions of the 2014
VW Touareg, the 2015 Porsche Cayenne and the 2016 Audi A6 Quattro, A7
Quattro, A8, A8L and Q5.
Until now, investigators in the United States and Europe had focused on
2.0-liter engines. Volkswagen has admitted that more than 11 million cars
were equipped with this fraudulent software, including 482,000 in the
United States.
Officials at the E.P.A. declined to say if Volkswagen had ever alerted
them to the existence of fraudulent software on some of its 3.0-liter
engines, citing the incomplete investigation.
“It continues to confirm that Volkswagen made a tremendous mistake in its
corporate risk assessment, believing it could get away with this type of
cheating and believing the repercussions would be modest,” said Drew
Kodjak, executive director of the International Council on Clean
Transportation, an environmental group whose testing played a role in
revealing the VW scandal.
The company, one of Germany’s largest, is facing investigations in Europe
and in the United States. It has already set aside 6.7 billion euros,
about $7.4 billion, to cover the expense of recalling and repairing cars
equipped with the illegal software, though by most estimates the scandal
is likely to cost Volkswagen a lot more than that.
Volkswagen has suspended several high-ranking officials potentially
associated with the deceit.
During the first nine months of this year, Audi generated operating profit
of €4 billion, or about 40 percent of the Volkswagen total, while Porsche
generated ¢2.6 billion or another 25 percent of the total.
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Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $19 trillion in the six
years he has been in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
Barack Obama, reelected by the dumbest voters in the history of the United
States of America. The only American president to deliberately import a
lethal infectious disease from Africa, Ebola.
Loretta Fuddy, killed after she "verified" Obama's phony birth
certificate.
Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact to
improper vetting of Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama, a confirmed
felon using SSAN 042-68-4425, belonging to a dead man.
Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
in order to cover up his own ineptitude.
Obama continues his muslim goal of disarming America while ObamaCare
increases insurance premiums 300% and leaves millions without health care.
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/03/business/some-porsche-models-found-to-
> have-emissions-cheating-software.html
>
> The Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday that it had discovered
> cheating software on more Volkswagen and Audi cars than previously
> disclosed and, for the first time, also found the illegal software in some
> of the carmaker's high-end Porsche models.
>
> The findings put significant new pressure on Volkswagen, which did not
> reveal the defeat devices to the agency, and its new chief executive,
> Matthias M〕ler, who was previously the head of Volkswagen's Porsche
> http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/03/business/some-porsche-models-found-to-
> have-emissions-cheating-software.html
>
> The Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday that it had discovered
> cheating software on more Volkswagen and Audi cars than previously
> disclosed and, for the first time, also found the illegal software in some
> of the carmaker's high-end Porsche models.
>
> The findings put significant new pressure on Volkswagen, which did not
> reveal the defeat devices to the agency, and its new chief executive,
> division.
>
> Mr. M〕ler's predecessor, Martin Winterkorn, resigned in September after
>
>
>
> --
> Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $19 trillion in the six
> years he has been in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
> queer liberal democrat donors.
>
> Barack Obama, reelected by the dumbest voters in the history of the United
> States of America. The only American president to deliberately import a
> lethal infectious disease from Africa, Ebola.
>
> Loretta Fuddy, killed after she "verified" Obama's phony birth
> certificate.
>
> Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact to
> improper vetting of Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama, a confirmed
> felon using SSAN 042-68-4425, belonging to a dead man.
>
> Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
> relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
> in order to cover up his own ineptitude.
>
> Obama continues his muslim goal of disarming America while ObamaCare
> increases insurance premiums 300% and leaves millions without health care.
>
> --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news netfront.net ---
>
>
> --
> Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $19 trillion in the six
> years he has been in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
> queer liberal democrat donors.
>
> Barack Obama, reelected by the dumbest voters in the history of the United
> States of America. The only American president to deliberately import a
> lethal infectious disease from Africa, Ebola.
>
> Loretta Fuddy, killed after she "verified" Obama's phony birth
> certificate.
>
> Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact to
> improper vetting of Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama, a confirmed
> felon using SSAN 042-68-4425, belonging to a dead man.
>
> Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
> relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
> in order to cover up his own ineptitude.
>
> Obama continues his muslim goal of disarming America while ObamaCare
> increases insurance premiums 300% and leaves millions without health care.
>
>
>
Bert
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In news:n1e2pd$4sm$5...@dont-email.me John Doe <alway...@message.header>
wrote:
> Off-topic crossposted nym-shifting troll...
So of course it was a great idea to repost it in its entirety.
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Siri Cruz
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In article <XnsA5486F7302...@202.81.252.44>,
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'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.'
God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists since we
cannot prove the consistency. ~~ Morris Kline
"Leroy N. Soetoro" <leroys...@usurper.org> wrote:
> The Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday that it had discovered
> cheating software on more Volkswagen and Audi cars than previously
> disclosed and, for the first time, also found the illegal software in some
> of the carmaker’s high-end Porsche models.
First the VW, then the car industry!
> The Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday that it had discovered
> cheating software on more Volkswagen and Audi cars than previously
> disclosed and, for the first time, also found the illegal software in some
> of the carmaker’s high-end Porsche models.
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:-<> Siri Seal of Disavowal #000-001. Disavowed. Denied. Deleted.
'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.'
God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists since we
cannot prove the consistency. ~~ Morris Kline
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