Hino Motors, a Toyota subsidiary, has admitted to a multi-year scheme to defraud regulators by submitting false emissions data for its heavy-duty diesel trucks and off-road engines. The company will pay a record $1.6 billion in fines and penalties, and take steps to mitigate the environmental impact of its actions.
Hino Motors, a subsidiary of Toyota that manufactures commercial trucks, has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of a multi-year criminal conspiracy to fraudulently evade state and federal emissions standards. The company is paying a total of $1.6 billion in fines and penalties, including the second-largest criminal fine the Environmental Protection Agency has ever leveled for vehicle-based Clean Air Act violations.
According to complaints filed by regulators, the fraud involved more than 100,000 heavy-duty diesel trucks and off-road diesel engines. The vehicles did not pass state and federal emissions standards — but Hino submitted false data claiming they did. Those vehicles are still safe to use, but Hino will offer free voluntary repairs for some vehicles, which California regulatorsAs part of the settlement, Hino will also pay criminal fines and civil fees, pay more than $150 million to replace engines on ships and trains with cleaner versions, and fund hybrid and zero-emission buses and trucks in California. Those remedies are meant to balance out the excess pollution caused by the company's evasion of emissions standards. The company is also on probation for 5 years, during which it can't import any diesel engines to the U.S.There are several ways that companies can cheat on tests. In this case, Hino was supposed to submit their products to a battery of tests and then send the results to regulators for approval. But instead of sending the real test results, regulators discovered, the company repeatedly submitted false data — including altered data, data done through improperly conducted tests or data that was entirely fabricated without any testing at all. 'EPA and the American consumer rely on true and accurate data from engine manufacturers to protect our nation's air quality,' acting EPA administrator Jane Nishida. California was reviewing Hino's data because it — uniquely among U.S. states — can adopt and enforce emissions standards that are stricter than the federal government's. The state is a large auto market, and its regulations have a profound effect on the auto industry. President-elect Donald Trump has said he intends to roll back at least some of California's regulatory authorities. California is bracing to defend its rule-making powers, in a repeat of aSatoshi Ogiso, the president and CEO of Hino Motors, called the agreement with regulators a'significant milestone.' 'We deeply apologize for the inconvenience caused to our customers and stakeholders,' he wrote in. 'In order to prevent a recurrence of this kind of issue, we have implemented company-wide reforms, including meaningful improvements to our internal culture, oversight, and compliance practices.' to regulators in Japan, too, a scandal Toyota has apologized for. A year ago Toyota said that 'irregularities' and some subsidiary companies'have shaken the very foundations of the company as an automobile manufacturer.'
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