Mercedes-Benz has agreed to pay nearly $150 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a majority of U.S. states nearly a decade ago over allegations of installing devices on their vehicles to cheat emissions standards.
New York State Attorney General Letitia James led a bipartisan coalition of 48 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, in suing the German luxury automaker for allegedly violating environmental and consumer protection laws.
The attorneys general alleged Mercedes-Benz misled consumers by advertising the diesel vehicles as producing “ultra-low emissions.”
“Mercedes promised New Yorkers clean, green cars, but instead sold vehicles that polluted our air and put public health at risk,” James said in a statement….