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45 sats \ 6 replies \ @Bitcoiner1 6 Jul 2024 \ on: Europe’s EV Revolution Stalls: Volkswagen's Struggles Highlight Challenges econ
VW is a scam. After the big scandal where they altered the hardware to cheat the emissions testing I lost all my faith in this huge company.
I'll never buy a car from them.
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45 sats \ 4 replies \ @Bell_curve 6 Jul 2024
The scam was about diesel car emissions. Who drives diesel? I have not been in one in 20 years
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17 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bitcoiner1 6 Jul 2024
In Europe, diesel cars are evry popular
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45 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 6 Jul 2024
Diesel has tiny market share in USA.
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17 sats \ 1 reply \ @TomK OP 6 Jul 2024
The real fraud was of course again committed by government agencies by installing the measuring stations for CO2 traffic at ground level.
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45 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitcoiner1 6 Jul 2024
As far as I remember, the manufacturer installed a device that recognize when the vehicle was under an inspection and at that moment reduce the emissions. It was discovered by an investigation from the MIT. In this case, I would not blame the government.
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17 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 6 Jul 2024
Personally I prefer the sport edition of Mercedes and Audi
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