Truck maker Hino reveals years of faked emissions data

Workers at Toyota unit switched exhaust components during testing

20220304N Hino Motors truck REUTERS

Hino Motors' data manipulation scandal affects buses and trucks made since 2016. © Reuters

SHIZUKA TANABE, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Hino Motors said Friday that it has uncovered years of falsified engine data believed to affect as many as about 115,000 vehicles -- double the Toyota Motor subsidiary's annual sales in Japan.

As a result of the investigation, Hino has halted shipments of medium- to heavy-duty trucks and buses with three types of engines linked to the data manipulation.

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