The publication also reported that multiple Chinese automakers are weighing a similar bid for the maker of the Jeep, Ram, Chrysler and Dodge brands. So, yes, carmakers may have indeed played a little fast and loose with their emissions testing, but for the EU commission to claim that they are only now recognizing the duplicity of German automakers is a little like Donald Trump Jr. noting that now that you mention it, I may have met with a few Russians.” Credibility, as we are all finding out, is as much when you say as what you say.
Well, according to one study — Supporting Analysis Regarding Test Procedure Flexibilities and Technology Deployment for Review of the Light Duty Vehicle CO2 Regulations — fully 34 per cent of all the improvements European automakers claimed in CO2 reduction between 2002 and 2010 may have been the result of the flexibilities — oh, …