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[Flashman]

"Ford under criminal investigation by the US government over emissions certification"

piece in USA today.

Looks like it's their time to be in the fish bowl.

[philh]

spoon059 wrote:
At some point I have to question why the regulations allow the manufacturers so many chances to manipulate the system. Seems it would be far better for the regulating agency to take the equipment back to their lab and test everything themselves.

Govt would have to spend BILLIONS to set up the lab and hired highly skilled engineering staff to do the testing.

[spoon059]

At some point I have to question why the regulations allow the manufacturers so many chances to manipulate the system. Seems it would be far better for the regulating agency to take the equipment back to their lab and test everything themselves.

[philh]

Ford self reported an issue discovered about road load and coast down calculations. Because of the issues discovered where some OEM's {cough VW cough} did actually cheat, Ford did the right thing and reported the discovery. It was question among multiple OEM's how VW was pulling off the fuel economy and meeting EPA emissions. Nobody could figure it out.

[Flashman]

Whats the diff? A cheat is a cheat.

[ShinerBock]

It is not about diesels or defeat devices/programs. It is regarding how they are testing their vehicles for CAFE and emissions standards.