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New story mentioning yet another mystery emissions "device"

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Old 10-08-2015, 06:59 PM
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Default New story mentioning yet another mystery emissions "device"

No one so far is saying (or leaking...) what is, what it does, what motors, much of anything:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/bu...l?ref=business
Old 10-10-2015, 10:13 AM
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Ah, yes, in typical thorough fashion, apparently a second software program in case the cheat hardware malfunctioned and a backup was needed. You wouldn't want to build a car without an emergency brake....redundancy is simply good engineering, nein?

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