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CARB settles with FCA for $5.6M for violations of air quality regulations on certain gasoline engines

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The FCA vehicles and model years (MY) involved in the settlement include MY 2012 through 2018 Ram 1500, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango vehicles, equipped with 5.7L This is the second enforcement action against FCA in the past four years. gasoline engines. More than 30,000 vehicles were involved. The remaining $2.8

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Survey Shows Auto Dealers Still Annoyed With Biden EV Strategy

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That said, sales volumes haven't been great in general and quality control looks to have gone down across the board since 2019. stated Mike Aus, dealer principal of Durango Motor, which sells Ford, Lincoln, Kia and Toyota vehicles out of Colorado. Combustion and electrified vehicles have both seen a drop in consumer satisfaction.

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FCA to invest $4.5B to expand production capacity in Michigan, electrify Jeep vehicles with PHEV, possible BEV models

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The company intends to start construction of the new Detroit facility by the end of Q2 2019 with the first three-row vehicles expected to roll off the line by the end of 2020, followed by the all-new Grand Cherokee in the first half of 2021. Pentastar production at Mack I would end by Q3 2019. liter V-6 in September 2012. billion. .

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