It's not like that at all. There is no top down initiative at GM and Chrysler to specifically write software on a platform level to cheat emissions tests. VW did it because they knew it was not otherwise possible to compete with gas and hybrid drivetrains in efficiency, power and drivability.
If there was VW would have tweaked the software and continued using diesel engines as their foundation powerplants. Credit to them they got smart and are going forward with electric.
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