Engine maker Cummins Inc. will recall 600,000 Ram trucks as part of a settlement with federal and California authorities that also requires the company to remedy environmental damage caused by illegal software that let it skirt diesel emissions tests.

New details of the settlement, reached in December, were released Wednesday. Cummins had already agreed to a $1.675 billion civil penalty to settle claims – the largest ever secured under the Clean Air Act – plus $325 million for pollution remedies.

That brings Cummins’ total penalty to more than $2 billion, which officials from the Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency, California Air Resources Board and the California Attorney General called “landmark” in a call with reporters Wednesday.

  • @LemmyIsFantastic
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    -910 months ago

    I’ve seen exactly 1 instance of rolling coal. It’s really not even close.

        • @Ensign_Crab
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          10 months ago

          Probably. And yet, my experience also likely differs from yours. I live in South Texas and drive an old junkbox prius with no A/C.

          Imagine you’re the sort of asshole who rolls coal, and you see a prius with its windows down.

          • @LemmyIsFantastic
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            -1410 months ago

            👌👍 what a fantastic story

            You seem to be great at imagining things up.

            • @Ensign_Crab
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              210 months ago

              I don’t care if you believe me.

                  • @LemmyIsFantastic
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                    -910 months ago

                    More of a Porsche man myself. 996/997 gang rise up.

                    I just call out folks making shit up, it’s a passion.