If I’m doing my math right, $1.675B/630k vehicles is around $2.5k/vehicle. Barely cutting into the profits on what I assume is Dodge’s most successful line.
The shocking part about this is that they installed a dedicated defeat device and expected no one to notice. Come on guys, cars are software, if you want to end run the emissions standards just write more creative code.
that’s literally what vw did
Yes, but poorly. And even then it took at least 8 years to get caught. With a little creative thinking in the software design, there’s little chance another attempt would ever be discovered.
Well here’s hoping they don’t do that
And then there’s no admission of wrongdoing in the settlement. Wtf
We can’t let our customers access the EMS! They’ll spoof emissions! /s
Maybe 1% of 1% of people would actual play with their cars and tune them. Even then, most wouldn’t make the cars into polluting machines.
I think it’d be significantly more than that, but that’s probably bias from the kind of people I tend to be around. I’m thinking maybe as much as 5%.
That said however, we do have the assholes who like to “roll coal”.
I wonder if enforcing the destruction of human-viable-planet could be considered either
- Crime Against Humanity
or, an
- Act of Terrorism
They escalate to kill more of the next-generation,
then ENFORCE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEIR ACTUAL CRIME, if integrity is still any part of the “law” that is held to “rule”.
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Oh, haha, first time in capitalism, huh?
I guess they did see it cummin.
I came here for this.
I came
You mean rolling coal on bubba’s F350 wasn’t supposed to do that Freedom Cloud™️?
RAM is made by Dodge. F350 is Ford.
lol. Lighten up Francis.
Who’s going to get a Stripes reference?
… hundreds of thousands of 2013 to 20199 RAM 2500 and 3500 pickup trucks.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. They really have those future sales locked in.
that will be 35cents fine which your company can pay with loans over the next 9999 years thank you
They should also look at the 5.0 liter Cummins that Nissan used in their Titan trucks.
I’d say go a step further an look at all their tier IV engines (the ones that are currently in everything from genrators to locomotives to construct equipment). If they aren’t in compliance outside of testing that could open them up to lawsuits from customers and competitors on top of the fines.
Do generators et al have emissions standards they need to follow?
Yes, but as to what those standards are depends on the horsepower, type of use, and fuel
