Toyota Whacked With Gigantic Fine For Diesel Emissions Cheating
Hino Trucks, a division of Toyota, has agreed to massive criminal and civil fines after admitting to years of lying about diesel emissions.
diesel emissions scandal
Daimler Busted For 8 Illegal Emissions Control Defeat Devices In Diesel Emissions Scandal
Daimler AG has reportedly been busted for not being honest about its part in the big global diesel emissions scandal popularly known as “dieselgate.” An American law firm, Milberg, requested that automotive software expert, Felix Domke, testify as an expert witness in a case related to this. Domke’s report answered … [continued]
“Volkswagen Is A Better Company After The Scandal”
A few days ago, Herbert Diess, CEO of Volkswagen Group, shared some thoughts on LinkedIn. He led with what the Independent Compliance Monitor, Larry D. Thompson, said: “Volkswagen is a better company after the scandal.” Diess said that he agreed and that he was proud of the big change that has been made during the last five years since the diesel cheating scandal hit the news.
Daimler Is Paying The U.S. $2 Billion To Settle Dieselgate
Daimler made a huge announcement yesterday that it will settle its diesel emissions cheating scandal with the United States for $2 billion and some change.
Electrify America Invests In Sacramento-Area Energy Storage Program
In Sacramento — as part of a deal with the local utility, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) — Electrify America is putting $1.3 million into SMUD’s Energy StorageShares program.
New Hampshire To Get 6 New EV Fast-Charging Corridors
New Hampshire has a $4.6 million plan to boost electric vehicle road trips across the state, with plans to install electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers along 6 major routes in the geographically small state.
Ugh — Germany’s Automakers Slow To Respond To Tesla Challenge
After growing fat on expanding sales and record profits, the world’s automakers are now facing lean times. The decade-long global economic expansion is running out of gas, and the industry-changing trend of electrification, which automakers happily ignored when the profits were rolling in, now looms as an existential threat.
The Real Fraud In The Auto Industry — No, It’s Not A Tweet
According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of fraud is an “intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal right.”
Many States Squander VW Settlement Money, US PIRG Report Shows
US PIRG has examined the proposals submitted by the states for spending the money they receive from the Volkswagen diesel cheating fund. It finds most states are not using that money to speed up the electrification of the transportation sector.
Many In Germany Still In A Diesel-Fueled Daze, In Denial About EV Transition
The German auto industry has been through quite a scandal surrounding dieselgate. But that’s not stopping some from clinging to diesel. The Verge reports, “Germany is divided about the future of its most important industry: while some automakers pursue electric vehicles, a noisy group of diesel-energy enthusiasts are expressing their frustration through protests. These have gone on every weekend so far this year.”
