Stellantis fined: $363 million paid in US with General Motors

Stellantis and General Motors have paid nearly $363 million in fines for exceeding their fuel consumption limits. Corporate average fuel economy (cafe). penalties imposed by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration – Netsa – paid by the two companies between December 2022 and May 2023. The agency reported the news Reuters, which adds that in April 2022, Nhtsa had already realized some irregularities related to models produced between 2018 and 2021, without informing the respective car manufacturers. This is the first clause related to the cafe, which anticipates Nhtsa’s intention to propose tougher fuel economy policies for 2027. The call for tightening comes fromEnvironmental Protection Agencywhich in April proposed a 56% reduction in average emissions by 2032 from 2026.

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Fines against Stellantis are $235.5 million and go back to the 2018 and 2019 models, followed by those the FCA suffered for 2016 and 2017, then at $156.6 million. A spokesperson for Stellantis said the fine “reflects previous policies of Stellantis’ formation and does not indicate the company’s direction.” GM had to pay $128.2 million for the 2016 and 2017 cars. GM says it’s the first fine it has collected in the coffee shop’s 40 years of existence. “We are working towards the goal of a zero-emission future.” Ntsa said it originally planned to use accrued credits in previous years to achieve compliance, but would prefer to pay fines.