There's no "allegedly". The company fully admitted to this and even
   expanded the scope beyond the EPA's suspicions, IIRC.
   Roll on enforced code audits, preferably enforced code openness, for
   all devices that can negatively screw society.

   On 27 September 2015 11:39:13 IST, Georgi Guninski
   <guninski@guninski.com> wrote:

[1]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/25/vw_pollution_just_the_tip_of_the_iceb
erg_whos_to_blame_you_guessed_it_hippies/
<quote>
Volkswagen is being rightly condemned from all directions, as its
methods were particularly cynical: its engine software would sense when
the car was in a test environment and cut back NO_x output temporarily.
As soon as the car was no longer under test, the car would change mode
and emit huge amounts of NO_x. This wasn't done for no reason – if a
machine is allowed to generate NO_x freely, it can be very
fuel-efficient – and thus, of course, its carbon emissions can be very
low too.
</quote>
Comment:
Probably best defense for VW lawyers is:
"We got hacked and the hack made this.
We take sickyouareity
seriously"

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References

   1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/25/vw_pollution_just_the_tip_of_the_iceberg_whos_to_blame_you_guessed_it_hippies