Ford procures outside firm to research US fuel economy and emissions compliance after workers raise concern

Ford reported Thursday the motor organization is procuring an outside firm to lead an examination concerning its internal procedure for complying U.S. fuel economy and emissions standards.

In September, a portion of the organization’s workers raised worries about the investigative modeling that is a piece of Ford’s U.S. fuel economy and emissions compliance process.

In light of the worries, the organization employed independent industry technical experts to explore the “vehicle road load” specifications utilized in its testing.

Ford has shared its worries to Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board authorities. The examination does not include the utilization of defeat gadgets in Ford’s items, the organization said.

Kim Pittle, Ford’s group VP for sustainability, environment and safety engineering, described vehicle street load testing in an announcement:

Street load is a vehicle-explicit opposition level utilized in vehicle dynamometer testing, including for fuel economy evaluations and emissions certifications. Street load is built up through engineering models that are validated through vehicle testing, including physical track tests alluded to as coastdown testing.

The first vehicle Ford is testing is the 2019 Ranger.