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.
  • NateNate60@lemmy.world
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    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.