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- 2017 2500 Laramie Crew Cab
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- 6.4L HEMI
Having dealt with regulatory agencies in various jobs, I'm always inclined to lean in favor of the company rather than the government. Big companies spent tremendous money and effort in making sure they don't have stuff like this happen. I think the companies understand the rules better than the government, who's quite inclined to change their interpretation.
I know we will likely never know exactly what happened. It does seem odd that if Cummins really does think they did the right thing, why not go public with what they did vs what is being implied they did?
At Cummins, I was responsible as Product Line Manager for EPA engine compliance in power generation applications. The use of these engines was deemed "Non-Road, Mobile Off-Highway" by EPA. Makes sense, eh?
Yes - we spent thousands of hours and capital to ensure compliance by the regulatory data across multiple product line power ranges, with differing emissions limits and multiple limit changes. It damn near killed me, but we did it.
For that, I was rewarded by being tossed out as no longer needed. Life is grand.
btw - they did go public. They wrote grandoise editorials about it, to which the general public doesn't give a $hit because it's technical. The average public is not like us.