The Testing Process It takes a few hours to completely ... OBD II Reader - This is a device that captures data from the ECU of the car by connecting to the on-board diagnostics port of the car.
Just pull the ECU and hack some hex to add the new ... Toyota ECUs to allow new keys to pass the security test on your new(er) car. Since the early 2000s or so, most manufacturers have included ...
[Lange] demonstrates how “cheating” Europe’s lax testing regime is fairly widespread ... you don’t just pull the ECU out of your own car — you go buy another one for cheap online!
If your vehicle fails its annual emissions test, you should prioritize fixing ... movement and position to the car's ECU. We've also covered the ways that the ECU uses that data to control ...
Once we have driven a car in the UK, in right-hand-drive form and typically at greater length, we will rate it, either as part of a shorter UK test report or as the subject of a full, instrumented ...
The systems for testing a car’s fuel economy and emissions and regularly under scrutiny. Back in 2018, the inaccurate and outdated New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) regulations were replaced by ...
Although Tesla has made bold safety claims about the vehicle and released its own crash-test footage, no independent data is available for car buyers to rely on. Nearly a half-million passenger ...
Significant changes to new car emissions and fuel economy testing came into effect in September 2018. The latest mpg and emissions testing standards are known as the WLTP (World Harmonised Light ...
Dave VanderWerp has spent more than 20 years in the automotive industry, in varied roles from engineering to product consulting, and now leading Car and Driver's vehicle-testing efforts.