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FCA / Stellantis pleads guilty and will pay $300 million. The settlement includes a $203.6 million forfeiture penalty and a $96.1 million fine. The government noted FCA US previously paid a $311 million civil penalty and paid over $183 million in compensation to over 63,000 people as part of a class-action diesel lawsuit.
FCA US installed deceptive software features intended to avoid regulatory scrutiny and fraudulently help the diesel vehicles meet required emissions standards. The department said the company "purposely calibrated the emissions control systems" to produce less emissions during the federal test procedures then under normal driving conditions.
Three FCA U.S. employees have been indicted for conspiracy to defraud the United States and to violate the Clean Air Act and are awaiting trial.
Stellantis unit pleads guilty, will pay $300 million in U.S. diesel probe
The U.S. business of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy on Friday and will pay about $300 million in a plea agreement to resolve a multi-year U.S. Justice Department diesel emissions fraud probe, court documents show.
FCA / Stellantis pleads guilty and will pay $300 million. The settlement includes a $203.6 million forfeiture penalty and a $96.1 million fine. The government noted FCA US previously paid a $311 million civil penalty and paid over $183 million in compensation to over 63,000 people as part of a class-action diesel lawsuit.
FCA US installed deceptive software features intended to avoid regulatory scrutiny and fraudulently help the diesel vehicles meet required emissions standards. The department said the company "purposely calibrated the emissions control systems" to produce less emissions during the federal test procedures then under normal driving conditions.
Three FCA U.S. employees have been indicted for conspiracy to defraud the United States and to violate the Clean Air Act and are awaiting trial.
Stellantis unit pleads guilty, will pay $300 million in U.S. diesel probe
The U.S. business of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy on Friday and will pay about $300 million in a plea agreement to resolve a multi-year U.S. Justice Department diesel emissions fraud probe, court documents show.
Cycle 4 didn't enforce uptime. They should have matched the NEVI 97%/72 hour rule I've seen. It doesn't, so they won't.
Probably correct. I was initially pretty excited about this when it first was being discussed (7 years ago). I think it ended up being a case study in how to squander/waste $800 million dollars over 10 years.
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Where was this _before_ Stage 4 was agreed? Too late.California Should Hold Electrify America Responsible Over Its Unreliable EV Chargers: Experts
Advocates say VW and Electrify America need to be held responsible over the company’s EV chargers, especially after Dieselgate.
Electrify America’s track record with EV charger reliability hasn’t been the greatest — which is to say, its chargers are very bad. They’re so bad that sometimes they’ve even been known to disable some EVs. This unreliability is unacceptable, and some experts in California think state officials should hold Electrify America responsible for its broken chargers as The Sacramento Bee reports.
Some experts are saying charger reliability is one of the big factors in slowing EV adoption. And for good reason, too. A recent J.D. Power charger satisfaction study cited by The Bee ranked Electrify America as last in customer satisfaction. This all is more than enough of a reason for CARB to get tough on Electrify America, as the founder of the nonprofit Cool the Earth Carleen Cullen told The Bee: “What do drivers want? They want to plug in, charge and go. What have they been getting? Too often, it’s a healthy dose of frustration. CARB needs to intensify oversight.”
