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Some S'pore owners fit emission-cheating devices in their vehicles to save thousands of dollars each year
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Vehicle owners can save thousands of dollars each year by skimping on the exhaust treatment solution, known as AdBlue.
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SINGAPORE - Some diesel trucks and buses in Singapore have been fitted with devices that override the systems meant to clean up their exhaust emissions, The Straits Times has learnt.
Popularly known as "defeat devices", they are sold online and allow vehicles to bypass emission standards and, in doing so, spew out high levels of nitrogen oxide - a poisonous greenhouse gas.
