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It’s deja vu all over again: According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Fiat Chrysler is the latest car manufacturer to use secret software to violate the Clean Air Act.
The EPA notified Fiat Chrysler on Thursday that is has reason to believe the company used software to alter emissions systems in its 2014, 2015, and 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokees and Dodge Ram 1500 trucks with 3.0 liter diesel engines. As a result, some 104,000 cars might be pumping illegal quantities of dangerous nitrogen oxide (NOx) into the atmosphere.
This announcement looks an awful lot like an earlier scandal for Volkswagen, which admitted to using its own software to cheat on emissions tests after investigations by the EPA.
Volkswagen essentially built cars that looked up to snuff. They had catalytic converters designed to recycle some of the gases created by the car, and the vehicles passed their emissions tests. But the company secretly introduced software that reduced the impact of these emissions valves when real drivers were on the road, thereby pumping more NOx into the atmosphere.
Fiat Chrysler Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne denied the EPA’s allegations, according to Reuters. But that hasn’t stopped the company stock from sliding, with a $2.3 billion loss in stock value as news of the EPA’s letter was made public.
That cost is likely to grow. Reuters reports that if the EPA is proven correct and Fiat Chrysler really did violate emissions rules, the company could be forced to pay out as much $44,539 per vehicle.
https://www.ft.com/content/83481452-d8e4-11e6-944b-e7eb37a6aa8e
The EPA notified Fiat Chrysler on Thursday that is has reason to believe the company used software to alter emissions systems in its 2014, 2015, and 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokees and Dodge Ram 1500 trucks with 3.0 liter diesel engines. As a result, some 104,000 cars might be pumping illegal quantities of dangerous nitrogen oxide (NOx) into the atmosphere.
This announcement looks an awful lot like an earlier scandal for Volkswagen, which admitted to using its own software to cheat on emissions tests after investigations by the EPA.
Volkswagen essentially built cars that looked up to snuff. They had catalytic converters designed to recycle some of the gases created by the car, and the vehicles passed their emissions tests. But the company secretly introduced software that reduced the impact of these emissions valves when real drivers were on the road, thereby pumping more NOx into the atmosphere.
Fiat Chrysler Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne denied the EPA’s allegations, according to Reuters. But that hasn’t stopped the company stock from sliding, with a $2.3 billion loss in stock value as news of the EPA’s letter was made public.
That cost is likely to grow. Reuters reports that if the EPA is proven correct and Fiat Chrysler really did violate emissions rules, the company could be forced to pay out as much $44,539 per vehicle.
https://www.ft.com/content/83481452-d8e4-11e6-944b-e7eb37a6aa8e
