U.S. judge approves Fiat Chrysler diesel emissions settlement GlobeBusiness
A federal judge in San Francisco on Friday approved a $307.5-million civil settlement for about 100,000 U.S. owners of Fiat Chrysler diesel vehicles that the government said had illegal software that allowed them to emit excess emissions.
Current owners and leaseholders have until February 2021 to submit a claim, and until May 2021 to complete the repair and receive compensation, while former owners have until August to submit a claim.The Italian-American automaker on Jan. 10 announced it had settled with the U.S. Justice Department, the state of California and diesel owners over civil claims that it used illegal software that produced false results on diesel-emissions tests. A criminal investigation is ongoing.
Under the agreement, Fiat Chrysler agreed to apprise an independent auditor of the status of various initiatives. Fiat Chrysler said on Friday it has launched three-quarters of the initiatives and one-third are already complete.Robert Bosch GmbH, which provided emissions control software for the Fiat Chrysler vehicles, agreed to pay $27.5-million to resolve claims from diesel owners, while Fiat Chrysler is paying $280-million of the $307.5-million.
Fiat Chrysler and Bosch also agreed to pay $66-million to the lawyers representing the vehicle owners.The hefty penalty was the latest fallout from the U.S. government’s stepped-up enforcement of vehicle emissions rules after Volkswagen AG admitted in September 2015 to intentionally evading emissions rules.
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