General Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties to the federal government because 5.9 million of its older vehicles do not comply with emissions and fuel economy standards.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a statement Wednesday that certain GM vehicles from the 2012 through 2018 model years did not comply with federal fuel economy requirements.
The penalty comes after the Environmental Protection Agency said its testing showed the GM pickup trucks and SUVs emit over 10% more carbon dioxide on average than GM’s initial compliance testing claimed.
The EPA says the vehicles will remain on the road and cannot be repaired. The GM vehicles on average consume at least 10% more fuel than the window sticker numbers say, but the company won’t be required to reduce the miles per gallon on the stickers, the EPA said.
~$25 per vehicle? Wow the cost of emitting pollution is cheap these days
And an incentive for them to keep doing it.
Almost enough for half a tank of gas here!
So about $25 per violation. Seems low.
Which translates to 0.08% of the cost of a $30,000 car, and a lot of their gas guzzlers cost far more. Literally pocket change for them.
There’s that pesky cost of doing business again.
~$171.8 billion revenue last year.
Piece of cake.
Oh boy. I’m sure that really made them think.
That’s like petty cash for them. Not an effective deterrent, which is the point I expect
GM is one of the worst companies in the world. I would expect nothing less from them.
VW be like “WTF guys?”
