[ExI] vw games emissions tests

[Henry Rivera]

On the PBS Newshour last night one of the guys who discovered this in VW vehicles said it was triggered by things like the wheels being in the straight position, the engine being cool, and other environmental factors. He did not mention software detecting a test. I'm sure the interview is on their website. 

> On Sep 27, 2015, at 6:50 PM, Dylan Distasio <interzone at gmail.com> wrote:
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> It's actually really simple to game since any car after 1996 has to have a OBD II computer hooked into emissions. 
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> Once the test facility hooks up their system to the computer, the software detects it and turns on the special sauce.
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> Once they unplug it, it goes back into pollution mode.
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> I would suspect that disassembling VW's firmware would violate IP in the US, but it would probably be legal to replace the firmware completely with a different one.  It would be very interesting to see an open source automobile.
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>> On Sep 27, 2015 5:58 PM, "spike" <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
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>> You have likely heard by now that VolksWagen is in big trouble with the EPA for rigging their cars to burn clean in test and burn optimally while on the road (two different things.)
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>> How did they do that?
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>> I have some ideas, but the real question is this: does reverse-engineering VW’s emissions settings violate intellectual property rules?  If not, can we  as consumers rig our cars to run clean in test and optimally at all other times?  Can we use VW’s tricks to tell the car when someone is at the wheel or not?
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>> spike
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