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RE: Dieselgate Cars for Export
The current estimate is that the affected cars produce 40 times more NOx when they are running on the road compared to the test values in "cheat mode." That sounds pretty bad, but it might get some even worse cars off the road in poor countries.
Here in my small town there is a small but very active market for used cars, mostly from the 80s and 90s. These old jeeps and suzuki trucks and buses older than I am are repaired over and over again, but when some of them drive past you it can feel like the dawn of the industrial revolution all over again.
Right. One of the things I was trying to communicate was that 40x a minuscule number is still a minuscule number so perhaps the EPA is overzealous in their requirements (especially compared to Europe).
I think you're right: It seem like this could/will replace some cars in other countries that are putting out higher levels of emissions right now which would be positive.