Three more Japanese automakers reported for emissions cheating

Emissions cheating has been headlines since Volkswagen falsely reported on their diesel engines only a few years ago. Only recently, the CEO of VW was arrested mainly on the scandal of emissions. Yesterday, an additional three automakers were put onto the list of emission cheating in the auto industry.

According to Japan’s Ministry of Transportation, Mazada, Suzuki and Yahama all tested using methods which were not proper nor appropriate. These tests were for the vehicles emissions and their fuel economy. Fuel economy is a big seller for most Japanese cars in the market.

These reports came after prior investigations in other Japanese testing of automakers including Subaru and Nissan, reported by the Associated Press. The three companies admitted that their data was false and tests were improper.

Suzuki was a bigger player in this scandal even though they only sell in Japan. They stated almost half of their vehicles since 2012 went through poor testing, according to Nikkei Asia. Yahama and Mazda claimed less cases of false testing, with 7 and 72 cases respectively.

These reports just scratch the surface of company scandals found in Japan. Just last year, a major steel manufacturer were prosecuted for emissions cheating which set off an investigation in the U.S as well.

Mazda and Yahama both apologized for the wrongdoing and Suzuki’s CEO said, he will bring change to avoid anymore false data in the future. All of the companies’ stock has dropped since the first break of the news. The full report is set to be released soon.