Jeff Clark, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, on the proposed settlement with German automaker Daimler AG and its American subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA LLC resolving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and California law associated with emissions cheating. - AP
WASHINGTON: Daimler AG will pay US$2.2 billion violating U.S. clean air laws and to resolve claims from 250,000 U.S. vehicle owners, court documents show.
The German automaker and its Mercedes-Benz USA LLC unit disclosed on Aug. 13 it had reached a settlement in principle resolving civil and environmental claims tied to 250,000 U.S. diesel cars and vans after the automaker used software to evade emissions rules.
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