“That’s how we discovered the software tarot-control units of the Volkswagen”
He speaks German, the technician who exposed the scam
John German, the technician who exposed the scam
” We had no reason to suspect, indeed our focus was a completely different story. ” Part so the story of John German, manager of the International Council on Clean Transportation, the international observatory that has “stuck” Volkswagen.
German is a kind of environmental investigator for the auto industry, studies the emissions for the four wheels of a life, eight years in Chrysler, 13 years on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and 11 years the American Honda Motor Company. And ‘he told La Stampa how he came to discover the maxitruffa the German giant of the four wheels. It all started in Europe, with a series of tests on diesel cars registered between 2012 and 2013. “Finding ourselves in the face of high levels of emissions, we have decided to repeat the same tests also in the US.”
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In the States standards are higher, “Basically conducting tests on the other side Atlantic wanted to show that diesel engines can be cleaned. ” But German and his team have found that for the Volkswagen Passat emissions were higher standards of market shares of between 5 and 25%, and for the Jetta were between 15 and 30% higher. The BMW X5 has instead passed the tests. The expert has completed the dossier in May 2014 transmitting the results the EPA, the US authorities in charge of supervision on the environment.
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From here began the federal investigation that led to unmask Volkswagen. How could distort the test results the German himself explains: “It was changed the calibration of the tests, it was done with computer codes that were altered. When we conducted the test on the road, it was activated a device that allowed you to disable and re-calibrate the parameters or indicators that measure the actual level of emissions. ” The point is that the “trick” used by VW does not require excellent skills, and this creates some doubts about procedures and soundness of the methods of measuring emissions. The risk is that others have done the same? “We have no elements to say that other automakers have done the same, but we must proceed with some investigation.” And this not only in the United States. “We have no idea what happens in Europe or in China, but no doubt the question must be raised, especially in those areas because sometimes the supervising agencies do not have the same experience and the powers that government offices in the US.”
So there are tools and technologies, but must apply and be part of a regime of greater transparency. Starting in the US, where Volkswagen has acted undisturbed despite the care taken by the federal authorities on environmental issues and the fight against harmful emissions. “I hope that what happened to push the authorities and governments to do more and do it effectively, in terms of regulatory and legal powers of the competent bodies.”
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