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Source: Ford CEO Says Regulators Cracking Down on Emissions Reporting Around the World

In the wake of the Volkswagen and Mitsubishi emissions reporting scandals, regulators around the world are getting tougher on automakers with China leading the way, says Ford CEO Mark Fields.


China will be the most stringent about transparent compliance with fuel economy and greenhouse gas reporting by automakers “given some of the societal factors around air pollution,” he said. Fields spoke to reporters Saturday on the eve of the Beijing Auto Show, China’s biggest auto show.


A wave of events last week are getting automakers to pay more attention to the regulatory environment. Mitsubishi Motors admitted exaggerating the mpg of several minicar models in Japan, and that its testing methods have been out of compliance with Japanese standards since 2002. Volkswagen reached a preliminary settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board in the U.S., while facing a larger diesel emissions recall in Germany. Daimler has been pulled into the German government’s recall, and has its own federal investigation in the U.S. over diesel car emissions reporting.
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I could not be happier with this news! For too long CARB has been the 'big dog' but it has sometimes been a little crazy. With China and other other countries finally standing up to the bar, we (our species) has a chance to see fuel efficient cars in all makes, models, sizes, and price-performance ranges. This nonsense of CARB only cars has got to stop and breaking their regulatory monopoly is a good start.

Bob Wilson