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Notably the functional test (measuring exhaust) can be gamed too, see

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal

Emission control is a balance between emissions, fuel economy and performance. You can give up some fuel economy and or performance at test time and enjoy better performance at the rest of the time if the system knows it is being tested.




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