Fiat Chrysler accused of emissions violations in the US
- 7 years ago
Fiat Chrysler has been accused of using undeclared software that allowed excess diesel emissions in 104,000 of its Jeep and Dodge vehicles.
The US Environmental Protection Agency said the accusation was the result of a probe that followed regulators’ investigation of rival Volkswagen.
Fiat Chrysler Automobile said it would contest the EPA’s assertions and vowed to prove that its emissions controls meet all regulations and so cannot be classed as VW style ‘defeat devices’.
FCA Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne told reporters that it did not cheat on diesel emissions tests and rejects comparisons with Volkswagen.
He added: “We have done nothing illegal and the reports are blown out of proportion.”
Expressing anger at the reports he said: “The way that it has been described, I think, has been unfair to FCA, and that is the thing that disturbs me.”
The carmaker’s shares slumped in Milan and New York.
“There is nothing in common between the VW reality and what we are describing here,” Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne tells reporters.— Nathan Bomey (@NathanBomey) January 12, 2017
It's “absolute nonsense” to compare Fiat Chrysler, VW situations and anyone who does is “smoking illegal material,” FCA CEO Marchionne says.— Nathan Bomey (@NathanBomey) January 12, 2017
The US Environmental Protection Agency said the accusation was the result of a probe that followed regulators’ investigation of rival Volkswagen.
Fiat Chrysler Automobile said it would contest the EPA’s assertions and vowed to prove that its emissions controls meet all regulations and so cannot be classed as VW style ‘defeat devices’.
FCA Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne told reporters that it did not cheat on diesel emissions tests and rejects comparisons with Volkswagen.
He added: “We have done nothing illegal and the reports are blown out of proportion.”
Expressing anger at the reports he said: “The way that it has been described, I think, has been unfair to FCA, and that is the thing that disturbs me.”
The carmaker’s shares slumped in Milan and New York.
“There is nothing in common between the VW reality and what we are describing here,” Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne tells reporters.— Nathan Bomey (@NathanBomey) January 12, 2017
It's “absolute nonsense” to compare Fiat Chrysler, VW situations and anyone who does is “smoking illegal material,” FCA CEO Marchionne says.— Nathan Bomey (@NathanBomey) January 12, 2017