Ohhhh... The humanity !!! Now, California will have to burn yet another 4 million acres of mature forest to balance the earth's atmosphere... [Sarcasm intended here folks]
On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 11:50 AM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < [email protected]> wrote: > > https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/massive-15-billion-proposed-settlement-announced-alleged-vehicle > > The U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Protection Agency, and > California Air Resources Board on Monday announced a proposed settlement > worth around $1.5 billion with auto titan Daimler AG and U.S. subsidiary > Mercedes Benz USA, in connection with the company allegedly selling more > than a quarter million vehicles while failing to comply with emissions > requirements. > > The automaker over a period spanning from 2009 to 2016 allegedly sold in > excess of 250,000 vehicles with undeclared auxiliary emission control > devices (AECDs) "and defeat devices programmed into the vehicles' complex > emissions control software," the Justice Deparment said in a press release > < > https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-reaches-15-billion-settlement-daimler-ag-over-emissions-cheating-mercedes-benz-diesel > > > . > > "These devices cause the vehicles to produce compliant results during > emissions testing. But when not running a test, the vehicles’ emissions > controls perform differently, and less effectively, resulting in an > increase in NOx emissions above compliant levels," the department said. > > As part of the proposed settlement, the company would pay $875,000,000 for > civil penalties and approximately $70,300,000 for other penalties. It would > also recall and fix emissions systems for Mercedes-Benz diesel vehicles > that were sold in America between 2009-2016. > > Other aspects of the settlement would boost the estimated amount to > approximately $1.5 billion. > > "The company will also extend the warranty period for certain parts in the > repaired vehicles, perform projects to mitigate excess ozone-creating > nitrogen oxides (NOx) emitted from the vehicles, and implement new internal > audit procedures designed to prevent future emissions cheating," according > to the Justice Department. "The recall program and federal mitigation > project are expected to cost the company about $436,000,000. The company > will pay another $110,000,000 to fund mitigation projects in California." > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
