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The 2009 Volkswagen Jetta Diesel Sedan was awarded Green Car of the Year.The award was rescinded in early October 2015. On 18 September 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said beginning in 2008 the car maker fraudulently installed engine control unit (ECU) software determined to be a "defeat device", in violation of the Clean Air Act, to circumvent environmental ...
On 28 June 2016, Volkswagen agreed to pay $15.3 billion [343] to settle the various public and private civil actions in the United States, the largest settlement ever of an automobile-related consumer class action in United States history. [344]
As part of a January 2019 settlement, Fiat Chrysler recalled and repaired approximately 100,000 automobiles equipped with a 3.0-litre V6 EcoDiesel engine having a prohibited defeat device, pay $311 million in total civil penalties to US regulators and CARB, pay $72.5 million for state civil penalties, implement corporate governance reforms, and ...
Volkswagen agreed to a $14.7 billion settlement, which included $2.7 billion for an independent mitigation trust that would be administered by local governments in an effort to reduce NOx ...
At the time, the presiding judge suggested that the two sides could consider a settlement, which he said would be possible though very difficult. Volkswagen, German consumer group in diesel ...
It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group of America, established in late 2016 by the automaker as part of its efforts to offset emissions in the wake of the Volkswagen emissions scandal. Volkswagen , as part of its settlement following the "Dieselgate" emissions scandal, invested $2 billion in creating Electrify America.
U.S. officials announced a $1.6 billion deal with Toyota's Hino Motors unit to settle charges it deceived regulators about the amount of emissions spewed by its diesel engines.
Section 202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act requires the Administrator of the EPA to establish standards "applicable to the emission of any air pollutant from…new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines, which in [her] judgment cause, or contribute to, air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare" (emphasis added). [3]