Daihatsu, the Japanese automaker owned by Toyota, has halted domestic production after admitting it forged the results of safety tests for its vehicles for more than 30 years.
The brand, best known for manufacturing small passenger cars, has stopped output at all four of its Japanese factories as of Tuesday, including one at its headquarters in Osaka, a spokesperson told CNN.
Last week, Daihatsu announced an independent third-party committee had found evidence of tampering with safety tests on as many as 64 vehicle models, including those sold under the Toyota brand.
Of course this will get brushed under the rug. Capitalism’s gotta capitalism. Human life is basically the lowest rung on the ladder (well, right below animal and ecology). Even the reporting (unsurprisingly for CNN) is “woe is the shareholder, and the thousands of employees”.