The criminal and civil resolution is valued at over 1.6 billion. It includes a criminal fine of $521.76 million, along with five-year probation term of probation - during which Hino will be prohibited from importing any diesel engines it has manufactured into the U.
Toyota Motor unit Hino Motors has agreed to a $1.6 billion settlement with US agencies and will plead guilty over excess diesel engine emissions in more than 105,000 US vehicles, the company and US government said on Wednesday.
Hino’s illegal activities were discovered by the EPA when the agency conducted confirmatory testing of Hino’s engines.
U.S. officials announced a $1.6 billion deal with Toyota's Hino Motors unit to settle charges it deceived regulators about the amount of emissions spewed by its diesel engines.
Hino Motors has reached a $1.6 billion settlement and agreed to plead guilty to charges of excess diesel engine emissions.
The U.S. Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), FBI, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector
The Justice Department charged Toyota truck unit Hino in U.S. District Court in Detroit, and NHTSA levied a civil penalty over emissions data cheating.
Hino Motors, a Toyota subsidiary, will plead guilty to conspiracy charges and pay penalties for deceiving regulators about its diesel engines, the E.P.A. said.
Hino Motors will plead guilty to submitting false emissions data to regulators for more than 100,000 heavy-duty trucks. The company will pay an array of fines, and fix some affected vehicles for free.
The U.S. government said that Hino Motors fraudulently altered its emission and fuel consumption data to sell over 105,000 diesel engines from 2010 to 2022. As part of a
Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors will pay $1.6 billion to resolve federal and state claims over falsified emissions data and excess pollution from more than 100,000 diesel engines sold in the U.S.
Hino Motors, the truck manufacturing subsidiary of Toyota, has reached a significant settlement with U.S. authorities over falsified diesel emissions data.