So... how do track-only cars deal with this? My understanding is that non-road vehicles wouldn't have the same restrictions. Even at the state level, travelling under 5k miles per year exempts you from emmissions standards. I'm not sure if this is built off of the federal law, but it would be very interesting if it actually conflicts with it.
It would seem that these tuners have a lawful purpose if there are in fact exceptions for non-road vehicles, such as true race cars.
Edit: answered my own question. Seems it's just selective enforcement. State level inspection exemption is still a "visual only" inspection, meaning there can't be any obvious deletes (not really enforced it seems).
https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/2137/epa-clarifies-its-...
hnburnsy
You knew this was coming...
>"Remove any delete features from its custom tuning software and, to the extent possible, force updates to end-users to remove the delete features"
not_the_fda
I'm all for lower emissions, I own an EV. But its silly to go after Cobb which only has 81k sales over 20 years while Ford sells 750k F-150s a year. Yes I know what Cobb is doing is illegal and F-150s are legal, but in the grand scheme of things...
sdwr
Why do people install these parts? Do they improve performance somehow?
grecy
> The settlement amount was determined due to the company's inability to shoulder a higher payment.
I love it! Break the law but pay a small fine because you can’t afford the regular fine!
It would seem that these tuners have a lawful purpose if there are in fact exceptions for non-road vehicles, such as true race cars.
Edit: answered my own question. Seems it's just selective enforcement. State level inspection exemption is still a "visual only" inspection, meaning there can't be any obvious deletes (not really enforced it seems). https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/2137/epa-clarifies-its-...