[SystemSafety] The VW Saga

Martyn Thomas martyn at thomas-associates.co.uk
Mon Oct 12 11:06:51 CEST 2015


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I assume that VW are expert at making diesel engines. So are other
companies. I expect that all engine manufacturers routinely examine
comtetitors' engines extremely carefully and learn from what they find.
So it must be difficult to achieve far better performance than your
competitors unless you have patent protection for some breakthrough.

It seems that one (at least) of VW's engines was very much worse in
emissions than the regulations allowed.

None of their competitors have been caught yet with the same problem.

So, do all the competitors have some patented technology that gives them
a huge advantage?

Martyn


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