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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.

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[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 54 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

~$25 per vehicle? Wow the cost of emitting pollution is cheap these days

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

And an incentive for them to keep doing it.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 7 points 3 days ago

Almost enough for half a tank of gas here!

[-] not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago

So about $25 per violation. Seems low.

[-] PineRune@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

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.

[-] FuryMaker@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

~$171.8 billion revenue last year.

Piece of cake.

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 24 points 3 days ago

There's that pesky cost of doing business again.

[-] PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 15 points 3 days ago

Oh boy. I'm sure that really made them think.

[-] VubDapple@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

That's like petty cash for them. Not an effective deterrent, which is the point I expect

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

VW be like "WTF guys?"

[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 7 points 3 days ago

GM is one of the worst companies in the world. I would expect nothing less from them.

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