The Emissions Cheating Scandal goes Deeper than You Think

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Dieselgate- Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal- was a huge deal. But It turns out VW was just the beginning. How far does the rabbit hole go? And will anyone face the consequences?
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@Richard_Turner 2 жыл бұрын

When VW got found out, the silence of every other manufacturer said so much!

@tane4652 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. There's no way that every single car manufacturer (and any other massive corporation) isn't cheating the system in some way. It's just whoever has the best engineer dedicated to covering it up.

@DriverDGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe it says more about the emissions standards that instead of just meeting them everyone tries to cheat it? Is it because it's easiest or because the standards are unrealistic and ever changing?

@dsugioaga 2 жыл бұрын

@@DriverDGaming Don't make excuses for multi billion dollar corporations who are too cheap and reckless to meet emission standards. Modern Diesel engines are perfectly capable of meeting those standards. It's just expensive.

@Tjz30 2 жыл бұрын

@@DriverDGaming exactly it’s kind of impossible. Cargo Boats and planes cause lots of pollution as well

@Lonech 2 жыл бұрын

@@Tjz30 you think we don't have emission standards on boats and planes? Car manufacturers aren't making them, there's no need to deflect away.

@limprooster3253 2 жыл бұрын

"I'll just have my computer talk to your computer, and if your computer says we are good, then we are good." --EPA, 1996

@ERICtheLATE 2 жыл бұрын

Obd2-worst computer game, ever.

@rickybuhl3176 11 ай бұрын

Emissions Test? VW Jetta - I got an app for that!

@EngineAdventures 2 жыл бұрын

Cummins once found out that Detroit Diesel was doing this exact thing, developing engine mapping and such that it would produce less emission when doing the EPA testing, but running differently under normal conditions. Cummins brought this up to the EPA and they were told, "Detroit Diesel passes our testing". So Cummins did the same thing, and then got sued by the EPA for it.

@Bkamron 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe some money should have passed hands from Cummins? That's probably what they left off...

@Smooththatsme 2 жыл бұрын

That’s the only way Detroit could ever compete with Cummins Inc, and those saps at Detroit know it

@Squidhead 2 жыл бұрын

“Or does someone hate Jettas that much?” **Looks at Mr. Regular**

@Sniperfire-ym3ze 2 жыл бұрын

I had no idea that this was what I wanted. But the up to speed on the unicycle, is something I need in my life

@SASSYSLIDES 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@aborted4196 2 жыл бұрын

James don't read the comments. But Nolan does

@aaron___6014 2 жыл бұрын

This is a car channel.

@super6158 2 жыл бұрын

@@aborted4196 up to speed on the rocketbunny which is a litteral body kit

@johnfran3218 2 жыл бұрын

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@mathewhumvee 2 жыл бұрын

Joke is that in my area, a un-recalled TDI VW can fetch 50% more in value over the recalled ones.

@nelson4483 2 жыл бұрын

Are you from Romania as well?😂

@yeahitskimmel 2 жыл бұрын

@@silasmayes7954 That's likely what makes them scarce/valuable. I'd believe that non-testing tune is pretty spicy if they can disregard all emissions considerations

@nelson4483 2 жыл бұрын

@@yeahitskimmel the tune changes the rate at which the AGR operates..

@NotADuncon 2 жыл бұрын

@@silasmayes7954 Well if you are after MPG TDI > GTI.

@hopefully_realistic6841 2 жыл бұрын

@@NotADuncon The uncertainty of the fix and the fact that I drove a car for two years only to have it bought back for more than I paid made the recall option a no brainer.

@MakeItWithCalvin 2 жыл бұрын

I remember talking to my SMOG guy about this before it blew up and he agreed "trusting" the car to be honest was a joke... Love or hate it, sticking a tube up the tailpipe is the most accurate way to know what is ACTUALLY going on. None of this surprises me honestly, it is an unintended consequence of trying to rapidly increase efficiency. You will have cheaters and scandals.

@HoomerbirdG2 2 жыл бұрын

good ole colonoscopy always lets you know what’s up

@jakephelps5021 Жыл бұрын

Thing is… it was a cheat device that would detect an emissions test and the car would run completely different and emit clean SMOG passing emissions well within the standards. But when you take it out on the road and actually road-test it… The ecu would detect that you are on the road driving and run completely different and burn dirty… That’s how they actually achieved the fuel mileage they stated, and also passed the emission dyno test… nobody could understand… and that’s when EPA of California opened an investigation and started “road testing” the vehicles to put them in real life scenarios.. in turn, the vehicle knew when it was on a dyno being tested, but it did not know how to detect a “road test” emission test and would fail that test. That’s how they discovered the cheat devices.

@reinertgregal1130 7 ай бұрын

@@jakephelps5021Scummy, but shrewd

@ronblack7870 2 жыл бұрын

i think volkswagen said they didn't need to use the blue fluid due to their special technology. other manufacturers had to use the blue fluid in diesels to cut nox emmissions. that's why their cars didn't fail anywhere near as badly as the vw cars in the real world.

@ragdolltrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting fact: volkswagens were shipped back overseas but the Mercedes (sprinter vans) were too big to be worth shipping back so just got crushed here, the mercedes suvs were shipped back though, the vehicles that got shipped back just went to countries with no emissions standards, so there was no overall benefit to the environment at the end of the day

@juzoli 2 жыл бұрын

There was, if they stopped doing it in future cars.

@Blackdawn80 2 жыл бұрын

It's all a scam. Anything we do here is cancelled out by China and the rest of the world. Also, every time a volcano erupts, it's like millions of cars worth of CO2 and other harmful gasses....

@bencarpendale 2 жыл бұрын

@@Blackdawn80 "Anything we do here is cancelled out by China and the rest of the world" 😂 is it possible to have a more American sentence without using the word "freedom"

@Vanadium 2 жыл бұрын

@@Blackdawn80 Thats just BS, China knows how fucked up they are and they change drastically. Also the rest of the world , are you nuts?

@MaddJakd 2 жыл бұрын

@@Vanadium In a way he's right. Various countries arent exactly jumping on the green bandwagon even now. On top of that, lets not pretend various factories/ industries arent exactly all beholden to "clean" regulations, if there are any in certain locations. And in the end, unless we can kill off the Earths volcanoes (which would honestly kill the Earth in a far worse manner) certain eruptions are literally on the books as causing way more damage in one erruption than we've done since the industrial age. There really does need to be more of a middle ground with all this "regulation" and actuality here (but lord know most of the green hounds flunked history to be as bold....)

@armadillolover99 2 жыл бұрын

Nolan: *jokes about Up To Speed on the unicycle* Donut fans: “Write that down, write that down!”

@rte3y838 2 жыл бұрын

Got I hate these spam bots. Also an up to speed on the unicycle would be sick ngl

@rissu8573 2 жыл бұрын

And this is how we get an up to speed on *chuckles* John Deere

@StoneCanyonCreatives 2 жыл бұрын

“ or was what volkswagen did really that bad?” Uhhh... which thing are we talking Nolan.... there’s a couple that come to mind. And one of them yes for sure.

@analogtapes 2 жыл бұрын

My brother has a TDI Passat that he got for dirt cheap because of diesel gate. That thing is wild and I love it

@dr_skipwith 2 жыл бұрын

The beginning of the shirt ad made me think they were saying goodbye to the white Jetta.

@rodrickncube4636 2 жыл бұрын

@GiNa RoSe Sᴇx Cʜᴀɴɴᴇʟ 21 😆😆 pretty sick

@vladivosdog 2 жыл бұрын

@Ska Boo woooosh

@issacdaniels942 2 жыл бұрын

@GiNa RoSe Sᴇx Cʜᴀɴɴᴇʟ 21 that already exists Your KZfaq profile says your corrupt

@kangjon49 2 жыл бұрын

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@seemaprathapan7354 2 жыл бұрын

Elon musk sucks

@vesh 2 жыл бұрын

Donut crew out here exposing all the brands, even Mercedes man...

@pastas.stabalot 2 жыл бұрын

here before it blows up

@supaschupp 2 жыл бұрын

As a benz tech they have a recall that technically isn't a recall it is a voluntary emissions modification. The customer can decline it if they want.

@thekozatabg515 2 жыл бұрын

You think Mercedes are the best?

@ianjohnson3770 2 жыл бұрын

Why are you everywhere?

@andrewpleger488 2 жыл бұрын

Mecedes deserves it

@Petriefied0246 2 жыл бұрын

I trained as a mechanic in 1996 and we were told about this back then, it's been going on for as long as ECUs have existed

@Arizona_overland 2 жыл бұрын

The company my dad works for has a branch that deals with emissions and apparently during a QC/calibration check (because a car wasn’t reading where it said it should be) at a university they found that it wasn’t reading as it should on a few models but worked normally for everything else. And as such the investigation was opened and diesel gate was exposed

@Jeremy-fy1sz 2 жыл бұрын

Ironically, this was all a result of the VW diesels being the most fuel efficient.

@ben501st 2 жыл бұрын

A guy I know deleted DEF system from his truck and got a 27% increase in fuel economy.

@Ben.N 2 жыл бұрын

@@ben501st damn fr?

@thagamz2146 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ben.N if you delete the DPF, it'll improve the flow of exhaust, and you wont have a really expensive pile of junk that needs to be replaced. if you just delete the DEF, you wont have to fill up with adblue, so you save money that way :) best way to avoid any punishments is to just get an old car that doesn't have any of this nonsense on it to begin with

@TBustah 2 жыл бұрын

Volkswagen shouldn’t have broken the law, but the EPA is an unelected oligarchy that has no business dictating law in the first place. They will have to take my TDI over my dead body, and they won’t do it unscathed. If these enviro-nazis ban fossil fuels, I’ll just convert it to run on vegetable oil and laugh at all of the EV owners waiting for their cars to charge.

@TreDogOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Well hybrids have better range and don’t produce as many NOx emissions. 2020 VW Jetta: 449 miles 2020 Toyota Prius: 640 miles But yeah a VW is a good purchase for fuel economy. They did VW dirty by raising the standards so high, perhaps. I have to research that more.

@danielho5635 2 жыл бұрын

After reading many articles, I think you forget to mention "the squeeze". Under VW's CEO who was hell-bent on beating Toyota to become the world's #1 automaker, European emissions were getting tougher and soon then-current VW diesel engines would require urea injection to meet new clean air regulations. However, VW upper management did not want to invest R&D retooling money to correctly update diesel engines. So the middle managers, feeling "the squeeze", ordered VW software engineers to design and install the cheating software.

@Tuppoo94 2 жыл бұрын

So it was an uninspired, lazy, greedy, quick-and-dirty solution. This is why companies are dying all over the place.

@artistwithouttalent 2 жыл бұрын

It's also worth pointing out that, on a bench in Wolfsburg somewhere, the LNT worked as advertised, but when they brought it over here, the shitty quality of American diesel made the engine run rich more often, which tanked the fuel economy. The fact that they did the same thing in Europe where fuel is better and emissions rules favor diesels means that ultimately it doesn't matter and they cheated no matter how one examines the situation. As this video points out, so was basically everyone else, so 🤷

@aborted4196 2 жыл бұрын

And today they're so many idiots that willingly still go into a VW dealership or an Audi dealership or Porsche dealership. What the duck people

@williamhunt4460 2 жыл бұрын

@@aborted4196 obviously. You've never driven a VW/Audi or you would know!

@WhiteWolfos 2 жыл бұрын

@@aborted4196 if it's for something simple like getting a part or under warranty coverage then yes. Otherwise no lol

@itsnevo8757 Жыл бұрын

I’ve always believed VW was targeted because at the time they were being investigated, VW was overtaking GM as the number one auto maker in the US. At the time when VW was being punished there were companies like Mitsubishi that also admitted to doing the same thing but they barely had a presence in the US so it would be pointless to go after Mitsubishi.

@moodman1151 8 ай бұрын

I guess Mitsubishi was punished for "Mitsugate", as in they were essentially taken over by Nissan, which is also why they don't sell anything besides basic cars anymore. But I do agree with the rest of your comment. I was suprised anyone even mentions it, since so little people even know this happened. And that includes car enthusiasts

@matthewschwarz9484 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention that the tdi jettas got 50+ mpg, I miss only having to fill up twice a month

@farmingwithcarson6940 2 жыл бұрын

The more "clean" or efficient and lean a diesel engine runs, the more NOx it creates. So technically they were running very clean, no soot.

@corruption1724 2 жыл бұрын

I work for CAT and this is 100% correct. This is most likely what they were doing producing more soot to make less Nox. We can deal with soot with the DPF but Nox is hard to deal with.

@thenimbo2 2 жыл бұрын

@@corruption1724 yeah the issue was that the AdBlue Urea injection system needed to lower NOx (US NOx rules are strict) tanked performance and efficiency. It's also quite expensive relatively. And requiring people to fill another fluid isn't great for marketing.

@DjResROfficial 2 жыл бұрын

@@yahikovlog138Your mum loved it all the way._

@thatcopenguy 2 жыл бұрын

you can probably say something similar about modern turbo downsized motors. The smaller it is, or the higher the hp/liter is, the worse they are in real life as mpg goes down the drain when it goes on boost.

@cameronsharbono2293 2 жыл бұрын

It also doesn't help every footage you see about diesel soot is when they are rolling coal bad image.

@lucasglowacki4683 2 жыл бұрын

Wait 10 years for all the lithium mining environmental scandals…🙄

@toddcaspersen8041 2 жыл бұрын

Really think it'll take 10 years?

@FernandoGarcia-si6fp 2 жыл бұрын

10 years? I give it 1 as maximum.

@MaddJakd 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure multiples have dug into that

@gummostump4217 2 жыл бұрын

Do we weigh them against oil company scandals, or nah?

@ronniewilliz153 2 жыл бұрын

Those are gonna be bad.

@RoonMian 2 жыл бұрын

4:20 that's not quite correct. The capture system does work. It just requires a lot of urea that has to be refilled regularly. The software reduced the usage of urea on the road so it hasn't to be refilled as often to increase "customer satisfaction."

@tankeater 2 жыл бұрын

California has power outages all the time, now vehicles are running of that same "power"... Does anybody else see the irony in this?

@gabrielb2598 2 жыл бұрын

I’m literally crying….rest in peace pop up and down headlights. 1936-2004

@muhammadwahyuhidayat21498 2 жыл бұрын

Popup and down headlights was STILL ALIVE!!!

@in7minutesorless 2 жыл бұрын

POP UP UP AND DOWN HEADLIIIGHTS!!!!(pop up up and down headlights)

@sayingnigromakesyoutubecry2647 2 жыл бұрын

Me too :(

@dhobbs16 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the multiple C4 corvette clips

@dr.science_0177 2 жыл бұрын

Get over it

@dsugioaga 2 жыл бұрын

In Germany we call the (German) automakers "Automafia" for a reason... that's how they behave and CAN behave, because of their economic importance.

@KeVIn-pm7pu 2 жыл бұрын

Literally to Big to fail.

@jamisonz3365 2 жыл бұрын

In fact Mercedes is the most affected OEM of all from those EU regulations. They produce so many V8 vehicles each year and they don't have too many entry level sales figures to help them decrease the average emissions. And they are also being defined as the biggest manufacturers so they have to follow the strictest level. That's the reason they intentionally cut many beautiful V8 (and V12) AMG models and they aren't allowed to produce as many V8 cars as the market demands. And they also have to make smaller and quieter V8 Engines since 2015 at first place. Many said that there's corruption in EU. It's not about environment. Rumours said certain politicians hold shares of Ferrari. (Ferrari is defined as small OEM and they're not affected by regulations so much) Those coorrupted politicians are trying their best to hold down products from top end Mercedes and VW group. It's all about money.

@kellanescribano5690 2 жыл бұрын

In Chile stupid people would call you "communist" for saying that....

@michaelpetropulos1288 2 жыл бұрын

@GiNa RoSe Sᴇx Cʜᴀɴɴᴇʟ 21 the only EV that i would support

@anarchytect1469 2 жыл бұрын

@@kellanescribano5690 same thing in México.

@semird615 2 жыл бұрын

I'm from the Balkans where 80-85% of cars are diesel powered, most of those being late 90's early 2000's models with super high mileage, like 500.000 miles. Diesels are fuel efficient but they do break, and when they do so does the wallet. In order to prevent those expensive repairs a lof of people had their dpfs, egrs, cats and whatever himders the air/exhaust flow in their cars removed. Ecu tuning of diesel cars is also very prevelant and that turnes them into black smokescreen deployers. Yeah the cars go quicker, run better and are more reliable but the results of all that are catastrophic. I live in a town of circa 130k inhabitants, we have about the same nimber of cars, no joke, most of them being old diesels. My town has the most poluted air in Europe along with the capital, without having close to any major factories in the town no more. Cancer is at an alltime high, yet people don't seem to care as long as they get to drive around on a budget which I understand since fuel is like triple the price it is in the US. Now I was never a "tree hugger" or concerned with global warming but, when your eyes burn in the morning when you walk out, and particles in the air make it hard to see, it's a problem. Now they supposedly made the the annual mto tests more strict which would mean that a huge portion of the cars wouldn't pass. There's a huge concern in the public but they'll probably find a way around it and still have mk 2 golfs running on bootleg fuel roaming the streets.

@benhummel5723 2 жыл бұрын

I still want a TDI Passat tho, even after all the emissions stuff I’ve seen like 900 miles to a single tank of fuel on those things

@jasono2139 2 жыл бұрын

Yup... even the 1.8T will get you over 500 miles to a tank!

@themaxcapri1481 2 жыл бұрын

"No pun intended" A few seconds later : "Closed the Vin Diesel gate" 🤣🤣

@Karmazilla 2 жыл бұрын

I still have my TDI Jetta lol, and it's still under warranty too for some odd reason (despite being 10 years old) Still the best car I've ever owned

@nicholassmirz6041 2 жыл бұрын

ROLL COAL

@juanirving276 2 жыл бұрын

VW gave these cars crazy warranty for emission related things because of Dieselgate

@lilpold9192 2 жыл бұрын

America is trying everything to destroy the German automobile industry

@FungusLabel 2 жыл бұрын

@@lilpold9192 Ze German automobile industry on the other hand don't give a fush zabout people. Only money and lies.

@DakuHonoo 2 жыл бұрын

@@FungusLabel the german automobile industry is trying its hardest to destroy the german automobile industry

@aadi8568 2 жыл бұрын

I have heard many ads on radio about mercedes diesel vehicles built in 2018 to present, talking about compensation for emissions scandals.

@johnmoser2689 2 жыл бұрын

I'm finally seeing a more involved explanation of this issue Funny how they only went after VW I wonder if it had anything to do with them finally achieving number 1 in sales It's like the competition sent out extra researchers to find problems with the emissions

@CDI647 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone else remember that Jimmy Neutron episode where the coach finds out all the kids & their parents cheated on the wheelbarrow race (except Carl & his dad)? Yeah this is that episode irl

@ADRIAAN1007 2 жыл бұрын

How can car companies be expected to comply in such a short time when it takes years of R&D to get emissions down a few percentiles. Lawmakers whom have no idea of the amount of work and time it takes to make said changes raise standards every year or even months apart.

@whyy9951 2 жыл бұрын

These regulations have literally been in the works since at least the 1980s. Plus, the EPA consults with car companies as to what’s feasible and there’s minimum periods of comment and deliberation before a regulation can be enacted. This is entirely just the choice of car companies to maximize their profits by spending on an algorithm instead of R&D.

@vlad516 2 жыл бұрын

@@whyy9951 good, they shoud spend money and time on making cars run better, not worse, as those stupid laws pushed them to. Nobody gives a shit about emissions, we want good cars, let it spew black smoke for all i care

@davidgallegos4771 2 жыл бұрын

End all emissions standards !!

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I like the truthiness of your channel. No real politics, just accurate proven information. It's refreshing, especially in the automobile world. I appreciate it!

@jimlocke9320 9 ай бұрын

My 1971 Dodge Charger had a mechanical ignition and emissions requirements were just being introduced. The only requirement was that the engine pass an emissions test at idle. The regulators' assumption presumably was that emissions at idle correlated with emissions over the full range of operating conditions, so only one condition needed to be tested. The engineers had added a solenoid to retard the spark only at idle. Once the driver pushed on the accelerator, the solenoid disengaged and the spark advanced. So, assuming that there were no other design changes, the engine's emissions performance was the same as for the pre-solenoid versions, except at idle. In effect, this was an early modification to reduce emissions under test conditions (engine idling) to pass the test, but run with higher emissions under normal driving conditions. To the best of my knowledge, Chrysler Corporation was never punished for adding the solenoid to pass emission requirements under test conditions only. The mechanic was provided with instructions to set the timing and engine RPM at idle. The effect of the retarded spark was noticeable. I imagine that many mechanics figured out how to disconnect the solenoid after the adjustments were made. The advanced spark after the solenoid was disconnected would cause the engine to speed up, but the mechanic could readjust the idle speed to match what it was with the solenoid connected.

@mikapeltokorpi7671 2 жыл бұрын

Of course - US never, I repeat' never, punishes US companies. Monsanto's Round Up was OK for US regulators until Bayer bought it (and this is not only similar example).

@Tearnofear 2 жыл бұрын

It remembers me of these old Saloons, with a pretty, big Storefront. But behind that it was a freakin Shed. Imho they never left that age^^ (USA i mean)

@naamadossantossilva4736 2 жыл бұрын

The thing that has higher LD50 than table salt?C'mon man,why of all examples you pick the one that is just slander and german butthurt?

@wojciechmuras553 2 жыл бұрын

VW's emission-preventing NOx trap was an ingenious innovation. In exchange for losing two or three miles to the gallon (or 0.1-0.2 L/100 km more), it actually made the NOx filtration as effective as AdBlue, with none of the hassle, and at a fraction of the cost. But guess what VW did? The NOx trap only activated during testing. During driving, it was decided that extra MPG is more important than not poisoning all pedestrians around... That's what saddens me the most. It was a great technology, that was awfully misused. Its death brought with it such a domino effect, that it seems to have basically killed all internal combustion cars. Such a shame...

@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx 2 жыл бұрын

It's almost like volkswagen knows all this human impact on the enviroment is BS

@Spoonirsm 2 жыл бұрын

@@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx it’s not bullshit tho even big companies have admitted that they’re avoiding responsibility solely for profit

@Lonech 2 жыл бұрын

@@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx Just like those environmental scientists paid by ExxonMobil to evaluate the oil industry's impact oh wait what was that they ended up learning that human industrial output did have a major impact almost three decades ago

@madattaktube 2 жыл бұрын

@@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx Just like how leaded petrol being toxic was a load of BS! Oh wait

@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx 2 жыл бұрын

@@Lonech How does one know how much is major impact?

@NarfBLAST 2 жыл бұрын

The timeline graphic at 9:20 really tickled me. Great video, good points.

@1979Spica 2 жыл бұрын

I had one of these. A 2010 Jetta TDI Sportwagen. I wanted that car for so many years. Mostly because they conveyed it as being an environmentally clean, but powerful car. It drove like a dream. I put so many miles on it, thinking I was reducing my footprint. Their level of advertising deception for many years was worth the extra punishment in my opinion. They lured in people who believe in reducing their footprint. It was the last time I ever trusted a company. At least they bought it back from me. It paid for my Forester… which will be a part of the payment of my next vehicle (Tacoma). As you can see, this is a big change. This is what happens when trust is lost. I end up doing what I like to, not what I think is best for the world.

@jamessizemore7103 2 жыл бұрын

I mean they’ve always tricked sensors. One of the main ways cars “reduce” emissions is by passing fresh air through the exhaust system. Not actually taking out hydrocarbons

@SB-pf5rc 2 жыл бұрын

Correct, it stops hydrocarbons from being introduced.

@limprooster3253 2 жыл бұрын

Supposedly the smog pump was to give the cats fresh air to actually burn excess fuel, but it did indeed have the effect of diluting emissions. That's also why you started seeing pipe-in-pipe exhausts in the 70s. Its difficult for the sniffer to accurately measure both pipes at the same timr

@Tuppoo94 2 жыл бұрын

@@limprooster3253 This is why the emissions should be measured with a pipe that covers the exhaust pipe(s) completely, and collects a sample.

@rumblebeast08 2 жыл бұрын

@@Tuppoo94 it is measured that way...

@rumblebeast08 2 жыл бұрын

Passing fresh air into the exhaust system is a strategy to warm the catalysts during cold starts. Just by adding fresh air doesn't reduce the net emissions trapped by test bags.

@the_nameless2891 2 жыл бұрын

Love how they force them to buyback the cars and then the cars are just left to rot in a field cuz they arent allowed to be used, like that makes the whole scandal batter

@lobehold2263 2 жыл бұрын

Yea I wonder what's worse. Some emissions being thrown out or a bunch of cars made of metal being wasted in a field.

@the_nameless2891 2 жыл бұрын

@@lobehold2263 yeah, just what i was saying, its just stupid of them

@tati-anaroseee4316 2 жыл бұрын

So they didn't just do a software update or something? Why tf would they be forced to water hundreds of thousands of cars that's insane

@the_nameless2891 2 жыл бұрын

@@tati-anaroseee4316 was thinking the same, its just pure stupid, the goverment plays it like they car about the planet and then do this😄

@lobehold2263 2 жыл бұрын

@@the_nameless2891 It's all about politics. Has more to do with money than emissions I guarantee y'all. If the government really cared the EPA would he focused on researching and developing emissions tech with auto manufacturers, not throwing ridiculous laws and fines when things aren't going there way or how they want. If you're that invested, then actually involve yourself. But the epa is run by suits. Not by people who care about cars and the environment. They have plenty of money from fining shops and people around the US. Wonder where all that money goes?

@nenume00 2 жыл бұрын

3:18 roasts volkswagen for tdi "clean diesel"then proceedes to show smokey american truck🤣 Didn't americans believe in the 0consequences of cat deletes?

@supplant9124 2 жыл бұрын

9:30 ah yes, coming from the guy who owns a straight pipe cutout mustang

@compu85 2 жыл бұрын

You left out the part where the 2009-2013 VW TDI cars, when driven gently, would accidently go into the emissions compliant software. One of the things the emissions compliant software did was not regenerate the DPF, which would fill up with soot, overheat, and crack. VW was tired of paying for warranty claims on the DPF / Cat, so they did a software update in 2014 to make sure the cars would never accidently go into the emissions compliant software when driven on the road. They applied this software to the older cars when brought in for service.

@mg1721 2 жыл бұрын

"Companies we know and love like Chrysler" Nobody likes Chrysler, Nolan. 🤣

@albineriksson2667 2 жыл бұрын

I do, the pt cruiser is my dream car, such performance and style

@fancy3774 2 жыл бұрын

Until you realise Chrysler makes dodges

@campbellsmith3059 2 жыл бұрын

@@albineriksson2667 MAGGOT DETECTED

@RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE 2 жыл бұрын

@@fancy3774 And also used to make Plymouths.

@sapphireeniigma-8027 2 жыл бұрын

@@albineriksson2667 I place my Pontiac Aztek, the best performance SUV, against your PT Cruiser

@reclaimer3439 2 жыл бұрын

I love the constant throw back for pop up headlights. I had a prelude with the pop up headlights. Was I the only person running with those babies popped up even in the day time? lol

@polkadotbooty 2 жыл бұрын

i love how you guys explained politics without picking a side whatsoever. props!!👍

@TRaked 2 жыл бұрын

I thought they sorta dumped on Trump with the whole "business-friendly EPA" part (and deservingly so, that fuckwad hired a climate change denier as the EPA chief).

@carsonfarmer1074 2 жыл бұрын

@@DroneStrike1776 you don't believe in global warming?

@WaywardPondering 2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of how people use to talk about politics long ago.

@DakuHonoo 2 жыл бұрын

dunno this bit doesn't seem very politically unbiased kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fZ-kgMKGnJ68cqs.html

@Greeniac 2 жыл бұрын

2040: VW sells hybrid cars that switch to EV mode during emissions testing

@wr8thbeatz322 2 жыл бұрын

Damn I’ll be 38. I’m coming back to this comment if you ended up predicting the future 😹👍

@harmberenpas1297 2 жыл бұрын

And on the road, the good old 1.9 tdi will start doing the work.

@cornelbogdanmacrineanu7962 2 жыл бұрын

they will only sell EV by 2035 they said, it is in the video, where from a hybrid in 2040, damn you are stupid boy

@wr8thbeatz322 2 жыл бұрын

@@cornelbogdanmacrineanu7962 somebody decided to project themselves today… 😳

@Greeniac 2 жыл бұрын

@@cornelbogdanmacrineanu7962 you don't get it

@Shadowofthesoldier 2 жыл бұрын

I see you mentioned that diesel engines emits a load of toxic micro-particles.... What about AdBlue? Can we get an episode on the AdBlue additive?

@kafarske123 2 жыл бұрын

Ad blue is basicaly Just amonia and water. Simplified, When injected into the exhsust it combins whit the gasses to neutralize them. Mainly NOx en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_exhaust_fluid

@imchris5000 2 жыл бұрын

its just DEF I refill my jettas def tank at the truck stop its easier and 4$ cheaper

@Dankboi420 2 жыл бұрын

Pee in the adblue tank will do the job

@lululock 2 жыл бұрын

AdBlue is effective... Only if you put enough of it in the exhaust to neutralize the toxic emissions. I don't remember the exact numbers, but I've read it would require way more AdBlue than fuel so no manufactures programed the correct amount because it would be unpractical to use. Imagine having a 50L diesel tank and a 100L AdBlue tank next to it ! That would be only possible in trucks but the added exploitation cost would make it a commercial failure.

@jamesr.7387 2 жыл бұрын

@@lululock You're gonna need a source for that wild claim.

@benbaker7847 2 жыл бұрын

These are the only ads I enjoy!!! Awesome job

@DunedainAkkarin 2 жыл бұрын

All manufacturers have something like this. I managed to trigger a similar mode once in a petrol VW Polo by accident. Saw a gap in traffic, put my foot down in second gear, around 2k rpm, and nothing. It was like when the turbo decided to not work in a diesel car I had later, but this was a 1.4 NA petrol....

@purespeedmedia 2 жыл бұрын

my dad had a 2013 jetta tdi and i remember when driving from my town to the indy 500 the range went from 220 to 450. yes you heard me right, it went UP

@dionysos46 2 жыл бұрын

Yup, the engine was a the good running temperature, and the gas consomption down 40 to 62MPG on the highways of Indiana plains... ;-)

@CoalitionGaming 2 жыл бұрын

I had my 2016 diesel canyon on order when this all happened. Dieselgate caused all the diesel Colorado/Canyon orders to be delayed as they now had to undergo further testing. GM did good though, no cheating found!

@michaelmorris5755 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Important information

@armourbl 2 жыл бұрын

I really miss my 2012 VW Golf TDI. Easily top 5 of my favorite cars I've owned. But that buy back money was too juicy to pass on.

@offhandacoustic 2 жыл бұрын

"Rules for thee, not for me" And these same companies are part of going after tuners and small shops. Just my opinion, but maybe this is why the sudden push against shops and tuners. These people have to get their money back some how, so they get their law maker friends to push laws and fine the crap out of the small guys. It is all a sick game.

@modestscrub4667 2 жыл бұрын

And donut appears to be shilling for the big car companies. That California smug is affecting their brains.

@offhandacoustic 2 жыл бұрын

@@modestscrub4667 Fame and fortune do something to a man. It is disappointing but I can't blame them. They were all small time guys with a dream and they are living it.

@patrickheidinger2020 2 жыл бұрын

If I had to say to you what is the answer I would say massive bloodshed. I really would. I don’t really, honestly, deep down believe in political action. I think the system contracts and expands as it wants to. It accommodates these changes. I think the civil rights movement was an accommodation on the part of those who own the country. I think they see where their self interest lies, they see a certain amount of freedom seems good. An illusion of liberty, give these people a voting day every year so that they’ll have the illusion of meaningless choice. Meaningless choice that we go like slaves and say: “Joy I voted!” The limits of debate in this country are established before the debate even begins. And everyone else is marginalized and made to seem to be either communist or some sort of disloyal person…a kook…there’s a word. And now it’s conspiracy… see? They’ve made that something that should not be entertained for even a minute. That powerful people might get together and have a plan… Doesn’t happen! You’re a kook! You’re a conspiracy buff! So… the only way you cure that… death, bloodshed… I don’t advocate it… but I see that it’s really the only answer. -George Carlin

@NicoSchurr 2 жыл бұрын

Full disclosure: I work at Mercedes Benz. But I do have to come in and defend my employer a bit. Volkswagens software detected a test and switched modes based on that. That is quite obviously illegal. The software in some Mercedes cars would switch to a less clean mode in cold temperatures and didn't detect tests. The company states that this was to "reduce stress on the engine". Now whether that is true or it was just to safe AdBlue for the customers I don't know. But in most cases in which Daimler is sued, the ruling is not guilty. Most other manufacturers that got hit with lawsuits following diesel gate had similar software based on temperature, not that which detects the emissions test. Daimler also claims that their software complied with the law at the time and had been accepted in the admission process

@knightwolf3511 2 жыл бұрын

not that i agree but if there is not law against it, wouldn't that make it legal?

@rkan2 2 жыл бұрын

I think there were other diesels without AdBlue systems in the EURO5 class.. That is the biggest saving VW was trying to get away when most just caved with AdBlue/urea which obviously the EURO5 required for anythibg except a car in operating temperature driving at a constant speed on the highway. In that way they definutely got what they deserved. In the US without the same regulations a lot of the callbacks were straight up bullshit though.

@volvo24091 2 жыл бұрын

No need to defend MB or even VW. I love what VW and the others did with the cheat software. The emissions thing is just crap.

@GeorgiGeorgiev-ne9ps 2 жыл бұрын

Isnt AddBlue a DEF fluid?

@hitchedtohorsepower 2 жыл бұрын

I had a bought back Sportwagen TDI and I have a Jeep Grand Cherokee Ecodiesel. My TDI was just over $30k in 2012 and I got $22 back when VW bought it back with 107k miles on it. My Ecodiesel was almost $60k and FCA did an emissions "update" and I got a check for a little over 3 grand. Just on that you can see who got punished more. In Fed 2020 I found a 2014 Sportwagen TDI with the 6 speed manual with only 27,000 miles on it!! I snapped that up right away and I got personalized tags the says DSL GATE and put them on Maryland's Save the Chesapeake Bay plates!!!

@TheSidwysDrftr 2 жыл бұрын

I’m from a mechanic shop that works on Audi/VW cars. Unfortunately, do to the incident, we have suffered losses in profits and VW had removed their Motorsport division which has removed VW from a large portion of WRC.

@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 2 жыл бұрын

We’re truly living in a society

@jledmist87 2 жыл бұрын

The above comment proves your statement.

@MRTuning704 2 жыл бұрын

You have to understand the challenges of mass producing a low emissions vehicle and the challenges of stricter and stricter emissions to get the vehicles into market I think Kia Hyundai should be put in the spotlight for making tunes that void the warnty to get them passed and that destroy the engine from detonation/preignition and know about the problem and refuse to do anything to solve it

@MarcStollmeyer 2 жыл бұрын

I love the irony of having to use an American truck to show how dirty diesel exhaust is… even though none of the American trucks were fined.

@jasono2139 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah... Cuz emissions are bad, yo ...unless, it's a trunk - they're special and... Who cares anyways?! ~ probably the idiots at the EPA

@bryanmckeithen899 2 жыл бұрын

6:39 employees do wash their hands before going back to work with the food I'm about to eat, right guys? Right.....?

@Kowen8714 2 жыл бұрын

Diesels were being pushed by governments because they supposedly polluted less. The general public bought them because they were quite powerful and kind of economic (especially in Europe). Turns out it was all bullshit and there's no free lunch. Now a similar thing is happening with EVs... Are we, once again, jumping with both legs into another quagmire with a huge issue in our hands in a decade or so? I myself own two EVs and they make a lot of sense, on the surface, on paper and in practice. But I often wonder if it's really that good for the environment as a whole....

@TehCoD1KNifER15 2 жыл бұрын

My question with EV’s will always be whether they can really be considered “green” when we still get the majority of electric power from fossil fuels, at least here in the US. I’m sure they’re more environmentally friendly than a normal gasoline car, but how much more really? I worry especially in places that have strained power grids like California that moving to electric vehicles will only exacerbate that as well.

@cristianmihai1744 2 жыл бұрын

At least you don‘t intoxicate directly pedestrians and cyclists anymore. That‘s a huge step forward for economy on healthcare in long run…

@cristianmihai1744 2 жыл бұрын

@@TehCoD1KNifER15 depends on every country. France produce 70% electricity from nuclear plants, other just invest in solar panels and wind energy. It‘s already know that not an extremely huge surface like in Spain or where is very hot can „fuel“ with electricity the hole Europe. In USA there are also plenty of hot places, is a matter of politics…

@Kowen8714 2 жыл бұрын

@@TehCoD1KNifER15 the answer to that question, at least in my head, is that even though fossil fuels are being used to generate electricity there are still a few pros to using EVs: 1. The whole circle, from fuel to the power station to the transmission of power and charging the EV is still more efficient than burning fuels directly in cars. As far as I know fuels used in powerplants need less processing than diesel or petrol and powerplants themselves have an efficiency of over 90% while ICE has... 40%-50%? 2. The pollution is centralised which, if the government wills it, will make it easier to deal with. It's easier to deal with a single large exhaust pipe than thousands of smaller ones. 3. Even though fossil fuels are being used today in powerplants doesn't mean they won't be moving to better sources in the future. There are also alternatives. There really isn't any alternative to petrol in a petrol car (well, there's LPG, but it's a pain in the butt). As a car guy who still keeps a V8 e30 in his garage I do love the EVs we have. They need much less maintenance and there's kind of less to go wrong, the power is great, the comfort is great, the running costs are negligible, when compared to the power the car has. But it's not yet for everyone - I'm lucky to have moved to Norway 15 years ago and am lucky that I had a chance to work here and be able to afford a house in a small town which makes it easy to charge both cars at home during the night. Not everyone has it, so not everyone sees the same practicality. Another question is if batteries will be possible to recycle (truly recycle, not some 10% of their mass/volume or something like that). I guess we'll see. It's also a bit of a chicken vs the egg situation. Humans probably had similar issues when horses got replaced with horseless carriages - gas stations vs just grass, mechanics vs "it just heals", no soul vs is a live animal etc. etc.

@mariobrosflames 2 жыл бұрын

Well, extracting the metals to make a battery and then to dispose it aren't any "green".

@tomway-rider6803 2 жыл бұрын

Jeremiah’s moustache is legit. Brings a whole new meaning to ‘Boost CREEPS’ 😂

@ThinkkTwiice 8 ай бұрын

Surprise, Surprise... regulations holding back manufacturers and better power and fuel efficiency 🙄

@SubtractZero 2 жыл бұрын

Let's all ignore the massive cargo ships that dump this same shit into the air at 7,000x the rate of the entire fleet of VW-gate cars.

@beardedxj 2 жыл бұрын

You guys should do an episode on electric batteries and if they are even sustainable or eco friendly on such a large scale. Lithium mining destroys so much land and disposing of it isn't that easy either. Can we handle that much increase in demand for lithium?

@neeljavia2965 2 жыл бұрын

They already did and it's sustainable.

@eman7579 2 жыл бұрын

Uhh, they already have…

@Gabrong 2 жыл бұрын

@@neeljavia2965 also, new technologies are coming or already in used. I can't stand these people who heared something 10 years ago and can't shut up about it, not to mention learn about present stuff.

@juzoli 2 жыл бұрын

There are LOTS of videos about this topic already. And all confirms that it is much MORE sustainable than gasoline. Lithium mines don’t destroy as much land as oil drilling and refineries. Of course neither of these are better than a bicycle…

@neeljavia2965 2 жыл бұрын

@@Gabrong Exactly. Boomers who never bother to research and always want to blame others.

@gabrielulibarri9950 2 жыл бұрын

Day 402 of asking for an up to speed on unicycles!

@albineriksson2667 2 жыл бұрын

Day 420 of smoking

@gabrielulibarri9950 2 жыл бұрын

@@albineriksson2667 lol, it was mentioned in the video at 9:51

@Darkness-tb4kn 2 жыл бұрын

Tricycles are just unicycles with training wheels...

@brandonallison2617 2 жыл бұрын

So, the Clean Air Act of 2001, which went into effect in January of 2007, that change the diesel available at the pumps to a less energy dense, 1.5 times more expensive product, that inherently produced 30% less fuel economy, which caused the 2007 recession by the summer, was aimed directly at Volkswagens 2 liter TDI, because it, pre-Clean Air Act, managed to achieve 75 miles per gallon in the Jetta, while the Toyota Prius that the "scientists" at the EPA and policy makers had invested in so heavily was being beat by a less expensive car. Can I prove any of this, unfortunately no, but while climate change maybe real, man-made climate change is a lie. Climate change is a direct result of the difference in the tilt of the Earth in regards to the sun, which is measured annually by the drift of the Magnetic North Pole. Food for thought anyways.

@jdrissel 2 жыл бұрын

Back about 1990 I had to move an exhaust gas analyzer. I had just received a large UPS that was not in use yet. I charged the UPS and loaded both into a new van. I powered up the analyzer and rigged the exhaust probe. At about this point my boss came out to ask WTH I was doing. When he heard he wanted in. We jumped in and did a baseline (i.e.per the state inspection. The cvan, having only a few thousand miles on it passed of course. But as soon as we started moving the emissions went way into the red. Any acceleration sent the hydrocarbons and CO up more than 10x the limit. Letting off the gas sent NoX way over the limit. Even at idle it was not passing any of the measures. The boss decided to change the oil and the plugs (the most common cheap fixes for a failed emissions test in the day). It made no difference. Ever since then I have been expecting that at some point somebody is going to realize that essentially no car on the road actually meets it's emissions targets. I say essentially only because there's always been a few electric cars and a few propane powered cars. Eventually this is going to come home to roost. And from what we could tell they're probably isn't an automaker in the world that hasn't been cheating on gasoline emissions.

@augustinf 2 жыл бұрын

How dumb is it to dispose of so many perfectly usable cars… what has an actual bigger impact is building so many cars.. cars should last at least 15 years

@yacinealg152 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@Groo55 2 жыл бұрын

Cars could last 30 years if they wanted to but that is not good for sales.

@wades623 2 жыл бұрын

I have a Jetta and it's about 20 years old now so they can suck it

@augustinf 2 жыл бұрын

@@wades623 i got a 14yo Eos TDI and it barely.. but still passes emissions each year lol. I love that car, it’s part of the family

@gummostump4217 2 жыл бұрын

@@Groo55 cars could last for 30 years, but people with spare change would still buy their new trinkets. Also, the production vs running cost and emissions of getting a new car vs keeping an old one even out sooner than you'd think.

@nkemp18 2 жыл бұрын

“The straw that broke vin diesel’s gate” all time great joke

@DocRiversEnthusiast 2 жыл бұрын

Companies we love and Chrysler don’t go together.

@scene24man 2 жыл бұрын

I was in the process of making a deal on a 2015 TDI Passat with a friggin manual transmission when they put a global freeze on dealerships selling the cars that were on their lots. It took months to find that car, it had every option, was the right color, everything. I was upset.

@bcdieselsofficial 2 жыл бұрын

Emissions regulations have gotten ridiculously tight, it makes sense to stand up to these rampant regulations.

@akacurmurdar1 2 жыл бұрын

The point is to force ICE engines out of existence. But where are all the batteries coming from do you ask? Weeeeeeell...

@bcdieselsofficial 2 жыл бұрын

@@akacurmurdar1 exactly. Batteries are worse.

@patrickheidinger2020 2 жыл бұрын

@bcdieselsofficial 2 жыл бұрын

@@patrickheidinger2020 I agree!

@heroichitsuji 2 жыл бұрын

9:52 Absolutely killed me. Funny as hell Nolan! That’s what earned the like from me lol!

@setherz6104 8 ай бұрын

This is a testament to the fact that, no matter what industry you're in, give humans power.. they'll abuse it.

@michaelbolton1090 2 жыл бұрын

I love diesel gate. I drive an audi a7 as my commuter car with a tdi. 430 ft lbs or torque, awd, an audi, AND under warranty until 150,000 miles. It is a screaming deal. My previous commuter was a 2015 golf tdi, and that was just as great! Niche market, but those who know, know

@JonathanWhoever 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder where those billion$ in fines go? And for the zippy e-cars. Will they easily last 300,000+ miles as many gas cars do? I don't need zippy. I need durable.

@imnotusingmyrealname4566 2 жыл бұрын

This is the problem with channels like these. They don't cover everyone and their needs. They even don't care about car enthusiasts anymore. Apparently a car enthusiast is just someone who likes the thing with the best 0-60 number, smh.

@dsugioaga 2 жыл бұрын

Early internal combustion engine cars had terrible reliability compared to what we have today. EVs already have decent reliability and they will potentially become much more reliable than ICE vehicles since they are much simpler - the battery is the only complex and potentially neuralgic part.

@megimargareth4015 2 жыл бұрын

@@imnotusingmyrealname4566 or maybe simply its still highly classifieds that even they cant have access to it ? Or they intended not to show it since they talk about big dogs that could destroy their life carrier by mere a single finger snap by their boses

@imnotusingmyrealname4566 2 жыл бұрын

@@megimargareth4015 What do you mean by this? I don't get how this connects to my comment. Please explain.

@megimargareth4015 2 жыл бұрын

@@imnotusingmyrealname4566 ure questioning where the fined get goes right ? Remember every conflicts in this world, theres politics behind it Not all but i bet like 95% of them

@sirhamalot110 2 жыл бұрын

no bar at the bottom of the ad really threw me off. cmon donut don’t shill out keep the line!

@jeremiahhall2281 2 жыл бұрын

I almost forgot what I was watching when the headlights ad was playing!!!! Thank you N.J.S.!!!! Thank you Donut Media!!!

@LMacNeill 2 жыл бұрын

In 2015, my then girlfriend (now my wife) and I bought a 2012 VW Sportwagen TDI. Literally the very next day Dieselgate broke. 🙄 But we did eventually get a bunch of money from VW to make up for the lost value in the car. And we never planned on selling the car anyway. We kept it until a little less than a year ago when the turbo blew and sprayed pieces of itself into the intercooler and the intake (and maybe the engine itself?). With 212,000 miles on it, it wasn't worth spending $4K to $5K on a new turbo and intercooler, just to possibly find out that bits had maybe gotten into the engine and damaged it. So we scrapped it. We have a 2020 GTI now. Definitely an upgrade, although the fuel mileage isn't anywhere near as good.

@elflaco4171 2 жыл бұрын

Day 98 of asking Donut media to do either a Up To Speed or a Wheel house on the oil crisis

@ericschumacher5189 2 жыл бұрын

They know better than to touch that because then they would have to address Gov. corruption and politics.....they might even have to debunk the term “peak-oil,” which would expose the entire narrative and have people questioning the reasoning behind most of the military action the US was involved in since the late 70’s.

@crt5866 2 жыл бұрын

I want everything to be diesel, that would make driving so much less expensive

@MarcS152 2 жыл бұрын

10:06 How can someone with a funtional brain blame VW for "additional deaths"???? If people haven't bought a VW they have probably bought a car which produces the same if not probably more NO2/Co2. VW still makes very good diesel engines. Better than many others

@willyhillstrom7816 2 жыл бұрын

What about the EPA lieing about the greenness of EVs, it's the government they lie all the time.

@cS-nf2dg 2 жыл бұрын

My Mustang gets better milage than what they EPA states. Guess I need to sue the EPA now for making me pay a guzzler tax.

@shamilashafi 2 жыл бұрын

Donut média i love your videos, I really enjoy getting to know more about the car world. I have recommended my channel to my fellow car enthusiast friends and they love it. Just love the way you guys present information in such a fun way. - a fellow Indian car enthusiast who really wishes we could freely modify our cars. Cars are an empty canvas and we are the artist to be making a masterpiece on it. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! :)

@josephrezin5395 2 жыл бұрын

I'm from india too(kerala)

@brodymorrison4758 2 жыл бұрын

All of the TDi’s are in a military base not more than 10 miles away from me. Around 5-10k cars in a parking lot. City is Weatherford Texas.

@RubenUithaler 2 жыл бұрын

There was so little about the American Cars that does not fit the current standards and how many cars are on the roads today still . Seems like it didnt go that deep .

@becomeraptureready 2 жыл бұрын

Emissions are in direct contradiction to Fuel Economy. These VW's got upwards of 50mpg, Emissions compliant cars can be as low as high 20's.

@beanapprentice1687 2 жыл бұрын

get a hybrid and you have the best of both worlds

@noneyabizz8337 2 жыл бұрын

@@beanapprentice1687 except if you care about the pollution and environment destruction to mine and produce those batteries.

@beanapprentice1687 2 жыл бұрын

@@noneyabizz8337 the reduced emissions of the vehicle completely offsets the damage done by producing a new battery pack for it. Hybrids don't need big batteries like full EVs do so it's not a big deal to begin with. That doesn't even take into account the fact that batteries can be recycled...

@noneyabizz8337 2 жыл бұрын

@@beanapprentice1687 that's not true, it's a drop in the bucket compared to the mining and production.

@beanapprentice1687 2 жыл бұрын

@@noneyabizz8337 That's just not true. Most hybrids don't use lithium ion batteries, but rather nickel metal hydride batteries, which have been mass produced for much longer than li-ion and require less damaging resources. Furthermore, these batteries can get reused in other machines once they are no longer useful in a vehicle, as they still have some capacity left in them even after moderate degradation. And once Ni-MH cells are completely dead, they can be recycled. Even if they are not recycled, they are not as harmful as lithium ion batteries to dispose of in a landfill. As for lithium ion batteries, which are being used more often in new hybrids as well as in pretty much every full electric vehicle, they last even longer than Ni-MH. Like the former battery type, lithium batteries can be re-used in another device once they are no longer viable in a vehicle, and they too can be recycled. Sure, producing them requires rare earth minerals like cobalt and lithium which are produced in industries that have problems with unfair labor & pollution. But batteries, unlike fuel, are reusable and recyclable. Even with all of the downsides of battery production, fossil fuel production produces far more pollution, death & destruction per unit of energy than battery production. Drilling for oil, shipping it, refining it, all of these processes are extremely energy intense and harmful for the environment (oh and don't forget about oil spills!). Cutting your oil usage in half by driving a hybrid (or better yet, fully electric) vehicle definitely makes a small but positive difference in the world even if it requires batteries.