15 January 2021, 8:15 am EST By
Toyota Fined $180 Million for Failing to Comply with US Clean Air Act for a Decade
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Toyota has recently agreed to pay a whopping $180 million in order to settle certain claims regarding the company's failure to comply along with the US Clean Air Act for about a decade. This particular settlement was announced by the official US Department of Justice or DoJ this Thursday.
Toyota breaches Clean Air Act
According to an article by ZDNet, the complaint was actually an official civil lawsuit that was filed by the government of the United States and has currently been laid to rest since Toyota has paid the fine. The DoJ states that Toyota had conducted certain systematic, longstanding violations of the official Clean Air Act when it came to emission-related defect reporting requirements. This would require the manufacturers to report the potential defects as well as the affected vehicle components that were designed in order to control the emissions.