Missed opportunity. They don't import any diesels any more that I am aware of. I looked for a diesel suv in 2018 and couldnt find any.at the dealers.
Our old 2014 vw touareg diesel is still chugging merrily around the black hills with my sister at the wheel. Pushes 40mpg on the highway. 400 ft lbs of torque. Great car. I guess my problem with the fines is that the cars complied with the testing at the time, which was emissions on rollers in a shed somewhere. Then they decided to change the test to variable conditions real world driving, and surprise - the old cars did not meet the standard. This is called moving the goalposts. It is not mercedes' fault that the original test was crap and only tested one operating condition. If you only test for that, of course everyone is going to optimize their software for that. It is like deciding after grades are out to have everyone come back to take a different exam and then change the curve so they all fail. Kind of a shakedown type move. Meanwhile even the worst of these cars puts out a fraction of what any old 123 or 124 puts out every day. I like clean air as much as the next guy. Bring on the lithium and the hydrogen. Frankly I am more interested in what India and China are doing on emissions than what we are doing, even though we seem to pollute a lot also. On Fri, Sep 18, 2020, 11:50 AM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/massive-15-billion-proposed-settlement-announced-alleged-vehicle > > The U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Protection Agency, and > California Air Resources Board on Monday announced a proposed settlement > worth around $1.5 billion with auto titan Daimler AG and U.S. subsidiary > Mercedes Benz USA, in connection with the company allegedly selling more > than a quarter million vehicles while failing to comply with emissions > requirements. > > The automaker over a period spanning from 2009 to 2016 allegedly sold in > excess of 250,000 vehicles with undeclared auxiliary emission control > devices (AECDs) "and defeat devices programmed into the vehicles' complex > emissions control software," the Justice Deparment said in a press release > < > https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-reaches-15-billion-settlement-daimler-ag-over-emissions-cheating-mercedes-benz-diesel > > > . > > "These devices cause the vehicles to produce compliant results during > emissions testing. But when not running a test, the vehicles’ emissions > controls perform differently, and less effectively, resulting in an > increase in NOx emissions above compliant levels," the department said. > > As part of the proposed settlement, the company would pay $875,000,000 for > civil penalties and approximately $70,300,000 for other penalties. It would > also recall and fix emissions systems for Mercedes-Benz diesel vehicles > that were sold in America between 2009-2016. > > Other aspects of the settlement would boost the estimated amount to > approximately $1.5 billion. > > "The company will also extend the warranty period for certain parts in the > repaired vehicles, perform projects to mitigate excess ozone-creating > nitrogen oxides (NOx) emitted from the vehicles, and implement new internal > audit procedures designed to prevent future emissions cheating," according > to the Justice Department. "The recall program and federal mitigation > project are expected to cost the company about $436,000,000. The company > will pay another $110,000,000 to fund mitigation projects in California." > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
