Mitsubishi: We've Been Cheating On Fuel Tests For 25 years (cnn.com)

An anonymous reader cites an article on CNN:The situation at Mitsubishi Motors just went from bad to much, much worse. The Japanese automaker admitted Tuesday that it had falsified fuel efficiency tests for the past quarter century (warning: annoying autoplay videos, alternate source), the latest revelation in a scandal that has rocked the company. The automaker said last week that it had used improper fuel economy tests on hundreds of thousands of vehicles, including some sold to Nissan. Cars with inflated fuel efficiency ratings were sold only in Japan. Mitsubishi said it would ask lawyers from outside the company to investigate the tests.

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Re:Somebody...

[Anonymous Coward]

Seppuku?

Re:Only electric cars can't cheat on emissions

[CastrTroy]

Ontario has also gone completely coal free. They still have a few gas plants, but we're on the path to getting rid of those as well.

The breakdown is as follows

57.4% Nuclear
27.4% Hydro Electric
8.1% Gas
5.1% Wind
1.3% Biofuel
0.7% Solar

Values on that page are apparently updated in real time based on current load on the system.

Re:What's happening?

[turning in circles]

The problem is far different than VWs because it is so easy to verify. Fill car with gas. Drive. Refill. Divide miles driven by gallons used. My Nissan never gets the mileage it says it should, nor what it claims to be getting with inboard electronics. BFD. It's like almost not cheating when it's that easy to check. Consumer Reports will even check for me. But they don't check emissions.