GM fined $146 million after EPA finds 5.9 million older vehicles emitted excess carbon dioxide

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General Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties to the federal government because 5.9 million of its older vehicles do not comply with emissions and…

Owners don't have to take any action because there is no defect in the vehicles, GM saidto the federal government because 5.9 million of its older vehicles do not comply with emissions and fuel economy standards.said in a statement Wednesday that certain GM vehicles from the 2012 through 2018 model years did not comply with federal fuel economy requirements.

The problem stems from a change in testing procedures that the EPA put in place in 2016, GM spokesman Bill Grotz said.Chevrolet Equinox FWD, Chevrolet Captiva FWD, GMC Terrain FWD The enforcement action involves about 4.6 million full-size pickups and SUVs and about 1.3 million midsize SUVs, the EPA said. The affected models include the Chevy Tahoe, Cadillac Escalade and Chevy Silverado. About 40 variations of GM vehicles are covered.

But David Cooke, senior vehicles analyst for the Union of Concerned Scientists, questioned how GM could not know that pollution exceeded initial test by more than 10% because the problem was so widespread on so many different vehicles. “You don’t just make a more than 10% rounding error,” he said. The Justice Department declined to comment, and GM said the settlement resolves all government claims.

 

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