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The "auxiliary emissions control device" heats up a pollution control catalyst faster, boosting the performance of the device that separates nitrogen oxide into harmless nitrogen and oxygen gases.
Volkswagen confirmed to the Associated Press on Tuesday that the "auxiliary emissions control device" at issue operates differently from the "defeat" software included in the company's 2009 to 2015 models and revealed last month.
Jeanine Ginivan, a Volkswagen spokesperson, told the Associated Press that the use of this "auxiliary emissions control device" differs in function from the cheating software that sparked a major scandal last month, though it could potentially be used inappropriately.
Horn, reaffirmed in his position by Volkswagen on Sept. 25, also said in his testimony Volkswagen had withdrawn its U.S. certification application for some model year 2016 vehicles over a software feature that should have been disclosed to regulators as an auxiliary emissions control device.
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Automakers routinely place auxiliary emissions control devices on passenger vehicles, though they are required by law to disclose them as part of the process to receive the emissions certifications that are required to sell the cars.
With low capital cost and no moving parts cyclones are ideal emissions control devices for particulate laden gases.
Audi, which is based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, has said it failed to notify authorities in the US of three so-called auxiliary emissions control devices (AECD) in luxury models, one of which is classified there as a banned "defeat device".
Falchi says that, considering this, choosing LED lights is akin to stripping an automobile of its emissions control devices to increase engine efficiency.
It acknowledged that not enough had been done to address emissions control devices and said it was working on new "technical rules".
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