Toyota settles U.S. probe into delayed emissions defect reports for $180 million: Filing
<p style="text-align: center;"><img title="1610682309901128.jpg" alt="7.jpg" src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20210115/1610682309901128.jpg"/></p><p>Toyota Motor Corp settled a lengthy Justice Department civil probe into its delayed filing of emissions-related defect reports for $180 million, the government said in a court filing.<br/><br/>Reuters first reported the expected settlement on Thursday to resolve the violations of the Clean Air Act.</p><p><br/></p><p>The U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan is set to announce the settlement later on Thursday, the sources said, that will include a consent decree that requires semi-annual compliance reports. Toyota first disclosed in 2016 it was under investigation for the delayed reports to the Environmental Protection Agency.<br/><br/>Toyota did not immediately comment.<br/><br/>Over a 10-year period ending in 2015, Toyota "routinely filed emission defect reports to EPA materially late and, in many cases, failed to file such reports at all until a self-disclosure of non-compliance" in 2015, the Justice Department said in a court filing.<br/><br/>The $180 million fine is the largest civil penalty for violation of EPA's emission-reporting requirements.</p>
15 Jan,2021
