Toyota-owned truck manufacturer, Hino Motors, agreed to a settlement agreement with multiple U.S. agencies following fraud allegations related to emissions testing.
U.S. agencies accused the company of submitting “false and fraudulent engine emission testing and fuel consumption data to regulators” as well as engaging in the “illicit smuggling of engines into the United States,” according to a Jan. 15 statement from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
The DOJ said the conduct enabled Hino to secure approvals to import and sell more than 110,000 diesel engines, mostly in in heavy-duty trucks, in the United States between 2010 and 2022.
Hino has agreed to plead guilty and pay more than $1.6 billion to resolve various criminal and civil resolutions brought forward by the State of California and several agencies including the DOJ, the FBI, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration….