Company fined nearly $2 billion over illegal modifications on pickup trucks: 'They inflict real harm on people'
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The U.S. Justice Department has accused truck engine manufacturer Cummins of sneaking software onto trucks that bypass emissions controls.
  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    That was just one of the many cases. In total, dieselgate cost VW $38 billion. On top of that, a lot of their executives ended up in prison.

    Unfortunately, every other automaker (well, except Tesla for fairly obvious reasons) did the same thing, some worse than VW, and barely got any punishment.