It's a shame it's not clear from the article why university students were testing emissions from a Jetta in the first place. Can anyone shed any light on this?
As stated at the beginning of their report[2]:
The Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions
(CAFEE) at West Virginia University (WVU) was contracted
by the International Council on Clean Transportation
(ICCT) to conduct in-use testing of three light-duty
diesel vehicles, using a portable emissions measurement
system (PEMS), over a variety of pre-defined test routes
exhibiting diverse driving conditions pertinent to major
United States population centers located in the state of
California.
You can also have a look at the ICTT report[3].[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Council_on_Clean...
[2]: http://www.eenews.net/assets/2015/09/21/document_cw_02.pdf
[3]: http://www.theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/ICCT...