
More of the Worst Cars of All Time
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Using a Qote Destroyer to Destroy Testing Equipment
The volk wagon was found to be emitting five times the limit of nitrogen oxide in field tests. The company had been using a device that would shut down some engine output when it was being run in test mode, and then switch back into normal operation on the road. It's kind of similar to the effect of observation in quantum mechanics: If you allow a quantum effect to occur without observing it or measuring it, it might behave one way, but then you observe it, and it behaves a totally different way.
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