New York — The US justice department opened a criminal investigation into Ford’s emissions certification process, intensifying an issue the vehicle maker disclosed two months ago.
Ford confessed in February to having taken a flawed approach to using road-load specifications to simulate how aerodynamic drag and tyre friction could affect the fuel economy of its vehicles outside testing labs. It hired an outside firm earlier in 2019 to help conduct an investigation that could stretch into the US summer.
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