Lost in all the invective being cast toward Volkswagen for its emissions-test cheating is the sad fact that the company was able to get away with it for six years without getting caught. It kind of makes the EPA look like a paper tiger—or the automakers’ kitty cat. So, the agency has announced some measures to try and get its mojo back.
-The EPA sent a letter to automakers informing them that in addition to running their vehicles through its test cycles, it “may test or require testing on any vehicle at a designated location using driving cycles and conditions that may reasonably be expected to be encountered in normal operation and use, for the purposes of investigating a potential defeat device.”
-No more relying exclusively on dyno testing, in other words. Although the certification may take place on a dynamometer, the EPA will backstop that procedure with spot-checks conducted using a different type of testing—the specifics of which are not being shared with automakers. Also, in addition to manufacturer-supplied vehicles, it may borrow or rent regular-production models for testing.
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“We’re upping our game,” said the director of the agency’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Christopher Grundler. Based on the revelations of the past week, that seems overdue.
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