Hyundai and Kia to Pay Record $100M for Overstating Fuel Economy - CNSNews.com
com) - Automakers Hyundai and Kia must pay a $100 million civil penalty, and give up $200 million in greenhouse gas emission credits that the companies already have claimed, for overstating the fuel economy in more than a million of their vehicles. According to the U. S. Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency, Hyundai and Kia overstated the fuel economy by one to six miles per gallon, depending on the vehicle. Sam Hirsch, an acting assistant attorney general, told a news conference on Monday there were four specific problems with the way the vehicles were tested:. and four, testing them with a tail wind but then not turning around in the other direction and testing them with a head wind. So I think that speaks to the kinds problems that we saw with Hyundai and Kia that resulted in the mismeasurement. The complaint filed in federal district court in Washington, D. C. , alleges that Hyundai and Kia sold around 1. 2 million cars and SUVs from model years 2012 and 2013 whose design specifications did not conform to the specifications the companies... The allegations concern the Hyundai Accent, Elantra, Veloster and Santa Fe vehicles and the Kia Rio and Soul vehicles. Source: cnsnews.com
