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According to local media reports on April 27, the US Department of Justice is conducting a criminal investigation into Ford's vehicle emission certification process, while Ford is also conducting an internal review.

Ford announced two months ago that its employees had made a mistake in the process of testing the vehicle's load emissions, that is, the load test environment conducted in the laboratory was different from the actual road environment. (for example, the loss of tires caused by external temperature, the wind resistance caused by aerodynamics, and the fuel consumption of vehicles under different load conditions.) the laboratory data will make the manufacturer think that the fuel consumption of the product will be better under objective conditions.

The company said it had commissioned the law firm Sidley Austin to investigate and issued a warning to the Environmental Protection Agency, while Ford officials said there was no exhaust suppression device in the company's test procedures, which was a cheating device in the public emission door.

Ford has been in an awkward position for misstating its fuel economy in the past. Ford lowered the fuel economy per gallon of the Fox CMAX to 7 miles per gallon in 2013, and reduced the fuel economy of seven models and compensated consumers in 14 years.

Volkswagen was sued by the US Department of Justice for its emission control device and fined 4.3 billion US dollars, making it the largest vehicle company to impose an emission fine. In the same year, Daimler Group, a German automaker, was investigated in Germany and the United States on suspicion of excessive emissions from its diesel vehicles. Daimler Group declined to comment on the incident. In 14 years, Hyundai Kia Group was fined $300 million for misreporting the fuel economy value of its seven cars in the United States.

If this case of misreporting of emissions is established, it is likely to cause Ford to become the first domestic car company and the fourth car company in the United States to be prosecuted for emissions problems.

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