roadrash
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Is there any manufacturer who hasn't falsified their emissions data?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/business-44763905
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/business-44763905
Is there any manufacturer who hasn't falsified their emissions data?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/business-44763905
Is there any manufacturer who hasn't falsified their emissions data?
Lol true.Tesla?
Interesting information. Didn't exactly know how this worksI remember the Nissan safety-inspection situation and this one is probably similar.
Japan has some bizarre legal requirements. My understanding is that in the safety-inspection situation that the article mentioned - Every single car is supposed to be inspected by a qualified person who has to sign off that it conforms to the standards. Every. Single. Car. This is as opposed to the "type approval" process that the rest of the world uses, in which the design is approved, not each individual vehicle (which is simply a duplicate of the design).
It's a dumb requirement, because no individual, no matter how qualified, is going to know that all the robotic spot welders completed every single weld, all the fasteners were tightened to specs, all the glass is free of defects, etc. It is not even remotely possible to make such an end-of-line inspection. But, that's what the government there requires.
Obviously, the reality is that the vehicle design is indeed type-approved, then during production a piece of paper is presented to this designated person which relates to a car that is presented in front of them, they sign it, then the next car with the next piece of paper is presented, they sign it, next ... next ... next ... all day.
Any monkey could do this job when presented in that fashion. But, it had to be done by someone with certain qualifications. That's the thing Nissan wasn't doing. It's basically irrelevant to the real world.
If you drive a Nissan, I wouldn't concern yourself with this ...
Nissan has made interesting cars in the past. My dad had a 1970 Datsun 510 once upon a time. Rear wheel drive was standard practice at the time, but 4 wheel independent suspension was not, and that car had it.
thier cars are the dullest most uninspiring and boring cars on the market. Altima and sentra anyone?
ohhh - GT-R?? Skyline?? i dunno....