The results of that study, which was paid for by the
nonprofit International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)
in late 2012 and completed in May 2013, were later corroborated
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and California Air
Resources Board (CARB). ......."(We) saw huge discrepancies. There was
one vehicle with 15 to 35 times the emissions levels and another
vehicle with 10 to 20 times the emissions levels."Despite the discrepancies, a fix shouldn't involve major
changes. "It could be something very small," said Carder, who's
the interim director of West Virginia University's Center for
Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions in Morgantown, about
200 miles (320 km) west of Washington in the Appalachian
foothills."It can simply be a change in the fuel injection strategy.
What might be realized is a penalty in fuel economy in order to
get these systems more active, to lower the emissions levels."Carder said he's surprised to see such a hullabaloo now,
because his team's findings were made public nearly a year and a
half ago."
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