EPA accuses Fiat Chrysler of cheating emissions laws

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EPA Notifies Fiat Chrysler of Clean Air Act Violations

- News Releases from HeadquartersEPA Notifies Fiat Chrysler of Clean Air Act ViolationsFCA allegedly installed and failed to disclose software that increases air pollution from vehiclesContact Information: Julia P. Valentine (News media only) (valentine.julia@epa.gov) (202) 564-2663WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued a notice of violation to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. and FCA US LLC (collectively FCA) for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act for installing and failing to disclose engine management software in light-duty model year 2014, 2015 and 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokees and Dodge Ram 1500 trucks with 3.0 liter diesel engines sold in the United States.The undisclosed software results in increased emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from the vehicles.The allegations cover roughly 104,000 vehicles.
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EPA accuses Fiat Chrysler of cheating emissions laws

- CLOSE Skip in Skip x Embed x Share The U.S. government is accusing Fiat Chrysler of failing to disclose software in some of its pickups and SUVs with diesel engines that allows them to emit more pollution than is allowed under the Clean Air Act.(Jan. 12) AP2015 Grand Cherokees are on display at a Fiat Chrysler dealership in Doral, Fla. (Photo: Alan Diaz, AP)DETROIT — U.S. regulators accused Fiat Chrysler Automobiles of violating emissions standards in more than 100,000 diesel vehicles, spawning concerns that the company could become ensnared in a scandal like the one that engulfed Volkswagen Group.The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that Fiat Chrysler illegally installed software on about 104,000 pickups and sport-utility vehicles that spewed harmful pollutants while failing to disclose the technology.
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Fiat Chrysler to add U.S. jobs as Trump puts spotlight on industry

- A Chrysler Warren Truck Assembly sign is seen in front of the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) plant in Warren, Michigan October 7, 2015.REUTERS/Rebecca CookDETROIT Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCHA.MI) (FCAU.N) said it will invest $1 billion to modernize two plants in the U.S. Midwest and create 2,000 jobs, and possibly move production of a Ram heavy-duty pickup truck to Michigan from Mexico.FCA Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said on Monday the decision to retool factories in Ohio and Michigan to build new Jeep sport utility vehicles, including a pickup truck, "was in the works and has been in the works for a long period of time."
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E.P.A. Accuses Fiat Chrysler of Secretly Violating Emissions Standards

- Ms. Giles stopped short of describing the software as a so-called defeat device of the sort used by Volkswagen to cheat on diesel emissions tests.But she said there was no doubt that Fiat Chrysler's software "is contributing to illegal pollution."Advertisement Continue reading the main storySergio Marchionne, chief executive of Fiat Chrysler, mounted an impassioned defense, denying that the company had intentionally broken the law."There's not a guy" at the automaker "who would try something as stupid" as cheating on emissions tests, he said on a call with reporters.
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