The EPA had singled out the V6 diesel versions of the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Ram 1500 earlier this year, alleging that the models from 2014 - 16 model years contain undisclosed
emissions software in violation of emissions regulations.
Jeep and Ram parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles filed an application featuring
updated emissions software late last week for diesel emissions certification with the EPA.
Scott Stringer, NYC Comptroller, and CNBC contributor Bob Lutz, former GM vice chairman, weigh in on allegations against Fiat Chrysler from the EPA over
diesel emission software.
The German transport ministry (KBA) demanded this week that Audi recall some 24,000 diesel Audi A7 and A8 models manufactured between 2009 and 2013
over emissions software, Reuters reports.
In May the Department of Justice's Environmental and Natural Resources Division filed a civil lawsuit against FCA for the its
diesel emissions software, but in late July the EPA gave FCA approval to resume selling its diesel models.
... Horn was emphatic that there was no internal, executive - level decision to program
the emissions software to cheat....
Ram ceased production of its EcoDiesel V - 6 in 2016 under a cloud (heh) of suspicion about
its emissions software.
Volkswagen Group's so - called «defeat - device»
emissions software has allowed hundreds of thousands of diesel vehicles from the 2009 - 16 model years to emit nitrogen oxide at illegal levels while thwarting emissions tests.