Fiat Chrysler (FCA) was charged Thursday by the us authorities of having manipulated the engines 104,000 of its vehicles with diesel engines in the U.S. to minimize the actual level of its pollutant emissions, a new ‘dieselgate’ after the German brand Volkswagen.
“once more, a large automotive manufacturer made the business decision to bypass the rules and was caught,” said Mary Nichols, head of the Agency’s california-based Environmental Protection (Carb), which participated in the research conducted by its counterpart federal Agency, the Environmental Protection agency USA (EPA).
The group italoestadounidense installed allegedly a program in their model Jeep Cherokee and Dodge Ram trucks 500, manufactured between 2014 and 2016, without informing the authorities, summarized the EPA in a statement.
In September of 2015, in the wake of the scandal of Volkswagen, the agency imposed new controls which showed that these vehicles drove to the air levels “increased” nitrogen oxides, gases that attributed multiple respiratory conditions.
“The fact of concealing a program that affects the emissions in an engine is a serious violation of the law that can result in contamination harmful to the air that we breathe,” said Cynthia Giles, one of the officials of the EPA, is quoted in a press release.
The federal agency indicated that the group could face “civil penalties”, although he said then that they would continue investigations to determine if these ‘software’ are the “manipulators” are prohibited by the law.
Fiat Chrysler immediately rejected the accusations, ensuring to respect the “required conditions” and denying any cheating. “FCA US waiting with impatience to demonstrate (…) that their emission control strategy is properly justified and is not akin to a ‘manipulator’”, explains the group in a statement.
In any case, the announcement of the us authorities brought down the title of the group in Milan (-16,14%) and in Wall Street, where I lost about 13% to 16H50 GMT after being suspended for his quote in the interim.
- Test for Trump -
In its statement, the auto manufacturer, that had been saved from bankruptcy in 2009, says repeatedly have explained before the “future government” american, which is preparing to assume roles in eight short days.
it Could be the first case that will reveal the intentions of the president-elect, Donald Trump, who has fustigado constantly the weight of environmental regulations on economic activity, the time that the EPA and republican lawmakers argue in Congress, a contest fierce.
Fiat Chrysler is congració with Trump to cancel the last week the construction of a plant of 1,600 million dollars in Mexico and decide to invest this sum in the united States and create 700 jobs.
This new case arises on the day following a new crucial stage in the scandal dubbed as “dieselgate” that affects Volkswagen, which had been recognized in 2015 have installed equipment in 600,000 of its vehicles in the U.S. of a program a manipulator that falseaba the levels of emission of pollutant gases.
on Wednesday, the giant German was declared guilty of “conspiracy” and “obstruction of justice” and agreed to pay 4.300 millions of dollars in fines, bringing the sum total of the scandal to about 22,000 million dollars only in the US.
The u.s. authorities have indicted, in addition, seven officers and past and present employees of the German firm and promised to continue investigations to bring to justice all those responsible.
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