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.
  • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
    34·
    9 months ago

    Whoa, a 10-figure fine *for a giant corporation!? About time they made that shit hurt!

      • Artyom@lemm.ee
        121·
        9 months ago

        VW probably had way more cars involved though, so the cost per car was lower.

        • Desmond373@slrpnk.net
          161·
          9 months ago

          I wouldnt underestimate how many cummins engines there are, lots of trucks, tractors and other large machines use them, some of which run constantly. If anything i would say they got off lighter than VW

        • kautau@lemmy.world
          71·
          9 months ago

          VW also has a revenue that’s almost 10x as much as Cummins. It’s a “cost of doing business” write off for both of them, but a more expensive one for Cummins comparatively

        • OhmsLawn@lemmy.world
          4·
          9 months ago

          And VW cratered due to consumer backlash. For Cummins, this is a marketing opportunity.

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        9 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.

    • NateNate60@lemmy.world
      191·
      9 months ago

      From reading the article, it was approximately 1 million vehicles in violation, all pickup trucks. That works out to $1,600 per vehicle.

      Don’t take this the wrong way—the fine is large, but $1,600 on vehicles that sell for fifty times that still seems… thin.