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| Ford in criminal probe over emissions | Ford in criminal probe over emissions |
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| A criminal investigation has been opened into the way Ford tests the emissions of its vehicles. | A criminal investigation has been opened into the way Ford tests the emissions of its vehicles. |
| The US Department of Justice took action after Ford alerted the US Environmental Protection Agency to potential problems in February. | The US Department of Justice took action after Ford alerted the US Environmental Protection Agency to potential problems in February. |
| Ford said the issue did not involve the use of defeat devices, which were at the centre of the emissions scandal involving Volkswagen in 2015. | Ford said the issue did not involve the use of defeat devices, which were at the centre of the emissions scandal involving Volkswagen in 2015. |
| VW was found to have used software that could cheat emissions tests. | VW was found to have used software that could cheat emissions tests. |
| "This matter currently focuses on issues relating to road load estimations, including analytical modelling and coastdown testing," Ford said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. | |
| But the company did not provide any more detail. | |
| "We are fully co-operating with all government agencies. Because this matter is still in the preliminary stages, we cannot predict the outcome, and we cannot provide assurance that it will not have a material adverse effect on us," it said. | |
| VW sold more than 10 million cars between mid-2007 and 2015 that had emissions-test-cheating software installed. | |
| Last year VW was fined €1bn (£880m) by German prosecutors over the scandal and in 2017 agreed to pay $4.3bn (£3.5bn) to settle a US investigation. | |
| Under the deal with the Department of Justice, VW agreed to scrutiny by an independent monitor for three years after. |