Hino Motors Fined $1.6 Billion for Emissions Violations
EPA Calls Settlement Among Largest in US History
A Hino vehicle at an industry show. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
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Hino Motors, a Toyota subsidiary, will pay more than $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.
The settlement, announced Jan. 15 by the U.S. Department of Justice and multiple federal and state agencies, includes criminal and civil penalties in one of the largest enforcement actions in Environmental Protection Agency mobile source program history. The company acknowledged…
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