Hino Motors, a subsidiary of the Japanese car manufacturer Toyota, admitted that it has been falsifying data on exhaust emissions in the United States for many years. According to the US Department of Justice, Hino must pay a fine of $ 1.6 billion.
Fine and forfeiture of property
The US District Court judge Mark Goldsmith in Detroit applied to the Japanese manufacturer of trucks and engines a fine of $ 521.76 million and the execution of a five -year suspended sentence, during which not She will be able to import diesel engines he produces to the United States.
In addition, the court also issued a judgment ordering The Company’s property forfeiture for the amount of $ 1.087 billion.
Toyota refused to comment, and Hino did not immediately answer the Reuters agency for comment.
105 thousand forgery
Reuters reminds that Hino’s fraud was already loud in January, when the truck manufacturer pleaded guilty about excessive exhaust emissions from engines over 105,000. vehicle in the United States in 2010–2022.
Research ordered in 2022 showed that Hino falsified emissions data for some engines. The panel ordered by the company stated that Forgery date back to at least 2003.
Hino admitted that In the years 2010–2019 she used “illegal shortcuts” and submitted false applications for approval of engine certificationchanged data from the emission tests, conducted tests in an incorrect way and falsified data without any significant tests.
Other cases of fraud
Over the past decade, several car manufacturers have admitted to sell vehicles with excessive emissions of diesel engines. It was the loudest about the scandal Volkswagen. The German manufacturer cheated in emission testsinstalling special devices and advanced software that falsified test results in almost 11 million vehicles around the world. After the fraud came to light in 2015. Volkswagen was forced to pay over $ 20 billion In the form of fines, penalties and settlements.
