• Th4tGuyII@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    Weirdly enough there’s a pretty easy way to stop emissions limits from being bypassed - make it a physical limitation, not in software.

    But like with putting tablets into every fucking car nowadays, doing anything physically would require just a bit more money, ergo it won’t be done.

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      17 hours ago

      In my country they allow some small motorbikes to be ridden by 14 years old if it’s limited to not exceed 45 km/h.

      The physical limitation used 30+ years ago (a bottleneck in intake + different cylinders in the CVT) could be removed as easy as the software limitations that are used today. Maybe even easier than today as it didn’t require a specialized tablet and an expensive software license

        • nathan@lemmy.permisuan.com
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          1 day ago

          Carburetors on a diesel engine?

          Also, that’s absolutely horrendous for emissions and air pollution. I think it’s essentially impossible to have emissions control not tied to software.

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          1 day ago

          Yeah because that’ll be great for emissions lol

          Also carbs make it pretty easy to adjust fueling, etc.

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      22 hours ago

      how do you have 0 software?

      these hacks are pretty low level and you need something driving the control through the bus to the sensors and response

      these systems are a feedback response not a fixed thing