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The US Justice Department (DOJ) on Thursday announced a $305 million civil settlement between Fiat Chrysler and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a lawsuit over illegal software found on certain diesel Dodge Ram models and diesel Jeep Grand Cherokee models.
[...] The settlement comes two years after the EPA accused Fiat Chrysler of installing undisclosed and illegal software on 104,000 vehicles, including 3.0L diesel Dodge Ram 1500 trucks and diesel Jeep Grand Cherokees between model years 2014 and 2016. The EPA claimed the software would sense when the vehicle was being tested under laboratory conditions and implement the full emissions control system so that the car could pass the EPA's emissions tests.
I guess the Volkswagen cheating was considered a feature by the Chrysler engineers, and they were just copying what the customers demanded?
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday January 11 2019, @12:05PM (1 child)
Only poor people ever go to prison.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday January 12 2019, @06:36AM
You wish. And I wish. We'd like that to be true. But, it's not true. Cosby is doing time. O.J. did 9 years. Rae Carruth of the Panthers did a lot of time. El Chapo, very big drug guy, was very highly rated by Forbes -- now I have him locked up. NO PARDON for that one, his family was very rude to me on Twitter. His cousin or whatever. Martin Shkreli, another big drug guy, was on the Forbes 30 Under 30 -- now I have him locked up. Phil Spector, big record producer -- locked up. Suge Knight, producer from Death Row Records -- locked up. You'd think maybe he could have picked a different name for that one. And maybe it's not such a bad thing these guys are locked up. Or were locked up. Because some of them, they're horrible people.
And by the way, I signed, very proudly, a historic Criminal Justice Reform Bill. We call that one the First Step Act. It's the first step, but it's a big one. Very bi-partisan. It will keep our communities safer, and provide hope and a 2nd. chance, to those who earn it. In addition to everything else, billions of dollars will be saved. America is the greatest Country in the world and my job is to fight for ALL citizens, even those who have made mistakes.