article thumbnail

FCA US LLC to pay ~$300M in criminal penalties over diesel emissions test cheating

Green Car Congress

FCA US LLC (FCA US), formerly Chrysler Group LLC, was sentenced in federal court in Detroit and ordered to pay a fine of $96,145,784 and a forfeiture money judgment of $203,572,892. Gleason of the Environment and Natural Resources Division’s Environmental Crimes Section are prosecuting the case. Neal and Assistant U.S.

Emissions 344
article thumbnail

Brandnew UAW management: ‘While to get our fair proportion’

Baua Electric

Marick Masters, a industry coach at Wayne Environment College in Detroit who focuses on exertions problems, mentioned the union’s intentions are sunlit. “The members will have to prepare their wallets and their own personal budgets.” “It makes the threat of a strike much more viable.”

Detroit 52
article thumbnail

Insane Collection of White Porsches Sells for $30 Million

The Truth About Cars

The Challenger doesn’t appear to boast any modifications that would denote it as a hardcore street racer or drag car and few individuals familiar with the Detroit racing scene at the time claim to have any knowledge of its existence. Tony DeFeo, former editor of Mopar Action, also called the car questionable after examining it personally.

Porsche 103
article thumbnail

GM sees connectivity, autonomy and transport-as-service fundamentally changing automotive industry

Green Car Congress

These three factors, said Abelson in a panel talk at the 2016 SAE World Congress in Detroit, are changing how the vehicle interacts with the environment; how the user interacts with the vehicle; and the entire business structure around it. I emphasize that ridesharing is not going to replace personal vehicle ownership anytime soon.

Connect 150
article thumbnail

Chevrolet unveils the Bolt EV

Green Car Congress

It also features advanced connectivity technologies designed to enhance and personalize the driving experience. The Bolt EV’s connectivity innovations will provide smart, personalized solutions for managing the driving experience. Rear Camera Mirror; rear-facing camera provides a wide-angle view of the environment behind the vehicle.

Chevrolet 150
article thumbnail

Serving My Country – My Patriotic Duty

Creative Greenius

Robert Earl Bushweit (right) runs into his Detroit buddy, Percy, in a captured German town during WWII. It’s not the men and women in uniform’s fault in any way and it does not diminish their personal service but it is not the same thing as putting your life on the line to protect and defend our American way of life.

Al Gore 286
article thumbnail

MIT study says combustion emissions cause ~200,000 premature deaths/year in US; vehicles and power generation top sources

Green Car Congress

Researchers from MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment have concluded that ground-level PM 2.5 Steven Barrett, an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, and colleagues have published their results in the journal Atmospheric Environment. Source: MIT. Click to enlarge. —Caiazzo et al. 2013.05.081.

MIT 378