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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
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.