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Originally Posted by 95 imp
Tell this to VW and their diesels....
Did the government merely "suggest" they pay billions of dollars in fines too?
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Not quite sure what your point is.
The government mandated emissions for gasoline and diesel cars and trucks.
VW elected to CHEAT in order to meet those requirements, and hence was penalized, as were others.
So my point remains correct, the government only mandated the emissions performance of the cars, they did not mandate the software or hardware to meet those standards. VW made poor choices on how to meet them......or not meet them.
But again not clear on your point on suggested fines. The regulations are pretty clear on what happens if you don't meet them.
But VW was also penalized in the consumer world as well as some vehicles couldn't just get a software update so vehicle were bought back as I recall.