DOJ sues eBay for selling ‘rolling coal’ devices; fines could hit $2 billion - eviltoast

Rolling coal is the practice of tampering with a vehicle’s emissions control system, causing it to spew black clouds of sooty exhaust.

  • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Since getting an electric car they’ve started cutting me off, brake checking me and then doing the soot farting thing. It’s like they need to make up for my car’s lack of tailpipe emissions in a way that really lets me know they’re doing it.

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      1 year ago

      It’s not LIKE that. It 100% IS that. That is the entire intended point of rolling coal.

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      1 year ago

      That is one reason I debadged my Tesla.

      (The other reasons are Elon Musk and also I think it looks better being totally smooth)