Volkswagen under investigation over illegal software that masks pollution

[Ryeman]

Seems Audi developed the cheat in 1999 but didn't bother to install it but looks like VW picked it up instead.

[Cossor]

Biofuels? Maybe — BUT — you have to plant the raw material, wait for it to grow, harvest it, process it, distribute it.

Most of these operations also burn energy and create emissions that have to be taken into account as part of the general scheme of things.

Plus the ever-expanding population of this smallish planet still needs to eat, and biofuel raw materials grow the same way as food (but then so did our fossil oil deposits, and one day they'll all be gone...)

Battery-driven electric transport depends on batteries, and the raw material for just about all kinds of these seems to be less than plentiful.

Maybe we harvest the solar wind...

What about all those McDonalds chip cookers? Lots of good diesel Biofuel there

[Hillbilly]

What about all those McDonalds chip cookers? Lots of good diesel Biofuel there

Where do you think that originally comes from?????

[ian]

If you think Vw has problems Ford is going down hard very soon there are over 5,000 complaints about the CTV gearbox and there is a major class action under way at the moment ,
Vw USA just paid $5,000 to every Diesel owner as Compensation ,so ive heard .

[Sunny43.5]

If you think Vw has problems Ford is going down hard very soon there are over 5,000 complaints about the CTV gearbox and there is a major class action under way at the moment ,
Vw USA just paid $5,000 to every Diesel owner as Compensation ,so ive heard .

According to a media automotive site the Ford one is a similar design to VW's DSG and they claimed the VW one was even more diabolical than the Ford one .

[muli]

Focus/Fiesta/Mondeo/Kuga have a cvt option?

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[Eaglehawk]

Focus/Fiesta/Mondeo/Kuga have a cvt option?

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I think they meant DCT...PowerShift...whatever...dry clutch systems bad bad bad

[Amalgam]

I think they meant DCT...PowerShift...whatever...dry clutch systems bad bad bad

Ford have their own version of DSG developed by Getrag.

Dual clutch transmissions | GETRAG

It was also used by Mitsubishi for their Lancer RalliArt and Evo X and it was equally problematic.

An interesting read

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-clutch_transmission

[BluChris]

Yep, dumped for the LZ Focus, which is now back to 6 speed conventional auto but with 1.5 litre Ecoboost engine rather than 1.6 or 2.0 NA. I notice the Kuga is also conventional, and I imagine only a matter of time before the Fiesta is the same. Tells you something doesn't it?

[VW Convert]

Tells you something doesn't it?

Yep, if you're going to build twin clutch gearboxes, make sure they are wet clutch!

Cheers

George