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      Diesel enginemaker agrees to nearly $2 billion in fines with feds and California

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Wednesday, 10 January - 23:00

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    Cummins, which makes diesel engines for trucks, among other products, will pay a record Clean Air Act civil penalty of $1.675 billion in a lawsuit brought by the US Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the California Air Resources Board.

    Like Volkswagen before it , Cummins was found to have fitted engines—in this case, diesel engines installed in more than 630,000 Ram 2500 and Ram 3500 pickup trucks built between 2013–2019—with illegal "defeat device" software that allowed the truck engines to pass emissions tests but then emit much more pollution while in operation. The DOJ said it also found undisclosed emissions software on an additional 330,000 trucks built between 2019 and 2023.

    Cummins must recall and repair the non-compliant engine software, extend the warranty period for some parts of those powertrains, fund and develop ways to reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) from engine emissions, and implement procedures to prevent cheating in the future.

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      Stellantis guilty of diesel emissions fraud, will pay $300 million fine

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Thursday, 26 May, 2022 - 14:56

    Ram 1500 trucks are offered for sale at a dealership in Elmhurst, Illinois.

    Enlarge / Ram 1500 trucks are offered for sale at a dealership in Elmhurst, Illinois. (credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

    Stellantis, the multinational automaker that includes Fiat and Jeep among its many brands , will be the latest automaker to settle a diesel emissions lawsuit with the US government. Reuters reports that the company that was Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will plead guilty to emissions fraud and will pay about $300 million in fines.

    During the 2000s, automakers around the world looked at diesel engines as the solution to climate change . On one hand, that made sense, as diesel engines are more efficient, and diesel-powered cars and SUVs went much further on a gallon of fuel than their gasoline-powered siblings.

    But CO 2 emissions aren't the only pollutant to be emitted by a car's engine, and burning diesel fuel also results in the production of particulates and nitrogen and sulfur oxides, all of which are rather deleterious to one's lungs.

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