Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors has agreed to a $1.6 billion settlement with U.S. authorities for manipulating emissions data to sell diesel engines in the United States. The company will plead guilty to criminal charges and faces a five-year probation period during which it is barred from importing manufactured diesel engines.
U.S. officials announced a $1.6 billion deal with Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors late Wednesday to settle charges it deceived regulators about the amount of emissions spewed by its diesel engines . Hino used altered emissions test data to get approval to import and sell more than 110,000 diesel engines to the U.S., most of which were installed in heavy-duty trucks made by Hino, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
As part of the deal, Hino will plead guilty to engaging in a criminal conspiracy to mislead regulators and consumers, violating environmental protection laws and endangering public health, Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a news release. U.S. regulators and the state of California, which has strict vehicle emission standards, worked out criminal and civil remedies with Hino valued at more than $1.6 billion.The deal includes a $521.76 million criminal penalty, $442.5 million in civil penalties to U.S. authorities and $236.5 million to California, according to the Reuters news agency.'Hino's actions directly undermined EPA's program to protect the public from air pollution,' acting EPA administrator Jane Nishida said in a release. The proposed settlement is contingent on approval from a federal district court judge in Michigan. 'Corporate crimes such as these endanger the health and well-being of innocent Americans, as well as the environment in which we all live,' said US attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Dawn Ison. The deal includes a five-year term of probation during which Hino will be barred from importing diesel engines it has manufactured into the United States, and implements a comprehensive compliance and ethics program, according to the EPA. Hino will also have to recall some trucks with engines violating emissions standards and spend some $155 million to replace marine and locomotive engines throughout the U.S. to offset excess air emissions, according to the EPA
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