The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) agreed with Tesla in a move that will increase the fines for automakers
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has agreed with Tesla in a move that will increase the fines for automakers whose vehicles don’t meet fuel efficiency requirements for model years 2019 and up,The NHTSA has reinstated the increase in penalties on this topic which could cost other automakers hundreds of millions of dollars at least. Inthat the decision would increase the accountability for the manufacturers that violated the nation’s fuel economy standards.
The final rule will take effect 60 days after it’s published. Aside from reinstating the higher penalties, it boosted them for the 2022 model year. It hasn’t collected penalties for the 2019–2021 model years while this was under review. The final rule was signed by the NHTSA’s Deputy Administrator, Steven Cliff, last Thursday.
In a statement on Sunday, Stellantis said that it would “like to work with the administration and Congress to allow the agencies to use the proceeds from penalties to bolster investments in the technologies and infrastructure required to accelerate a robust U.S. market for EVs.”, which included tougher penalties for automakers that have failed to meet US fuel economy standards.
Tesla’s mission is accelerating the transition to sustainability, so it makes sense that it would want automakers to pay higher penalties for making vehicles that don’t meet US fuel economy standards.
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