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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 02:10:36 JST Charlie Stross

   Not only was it not a terrorist attack, the model of Bentley that ran into a barrier and exploded at the Rainbow Bridge crossing, killing the occupants, was subject to a recall in 2021 due to a "stuck accelerator" problem. Source: https://www.drive.com.au/news/2018-2021-bentley-continental-gt-and-flying-spur-recalled/

   Incoming negligence lawsuit (against Bentley) ahoy ...

   https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/border-incident-erroneous-reporting-1.7036978

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 02:10:30 JST Charlie Stross

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     • John Caveney woke is me🛠️

     @jaycee Yep. I remember that VW got caught *first*, then it turned out most of the other big auto manufacturers were pulling pretty much the same shit with faking diesel emissions figures. The moral of the story should be to ban i/c engines in built-up areas, and ideally to promote public transport, e-bikes, and other mobility devices rather than big ugly single-user cars and SUVs.

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     John Caveney woke is me🛠️ (jaycee@toot.community)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 02:10:33 JST John Caveney woke is me🛠️

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     @cstross Indeed. Doesn’t make them the best or most honourable, remember the emissions cheat?

     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 repeated this.
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     John Caveney woke is me🛠️ (jaycee@toot.community)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 02:10:34 JST John Caveney woke is me🛠️

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     @cstross A Volkswagen I believe…… It has Bentley badges, but.

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 02:10:34 JST Charlie Stross

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     • John Caveney woke is me🛠️

     @jaycee Yes, Bentley cars are made by Volkswagen-Audi group. So are Porsches and Lamborghinis. They're the world's largest auto manufacturing group. Two thirds of a million employees worldwide and revenue over $250Bn in 2021.