THE EPA IS ACCUSING VA CHRYSLER OF CHEATING ON
A MISSIONS WITH ITS DIESEL TRUCKS.
QUOTE/ARE THERE WAS A LOT OF DRAMA INVOLVING VOLKSWAGEN AND
HOW THEY CHEATED OMISSION TESTS WITH THEIR DIESEL VEHICLES.
ABOUT HALF 1 MILLION VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS CASE.
WHEN IT COMES TO VIA CHRYSLER, THE CASE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THERE ARE SOME SIMILARITIES.
THIS WOULD IMPACT ABOUT 104 DIESEL CARS AND WHAT THE
EPA FOUND WAS THERE ARE A FEW THINGS IN YOUR CARS, FEW
PARTS THAT YOU DIDN'T REPORT AND WERE CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT BE
LEADING TO CHEATING WHEN WE DO THE EMISSIONS TEST IN THE LABS.
THE AGENCY DISCOVERED THAT A NUMBER OF MODELS INCLUDING THE
2014 TO 2016 MODEL YEAR DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP TRUCKS AND
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IS WITH 3.0 L DIESEL ENGINES A MINUTE
HIGHER LEVELS OF NITROGEN OXIDE POLLUTION UNDER CONDITIONS
THAT WOULD BE ENCOUNTERED IN NORMAL OPERATION AND USE.
THE ISSUE IS, THEY ARE WORRIED THAT, THERE REFERRED TO AS
DEFEAT DEVICES, THEY START PLAYING A ROLE WHEN THE
CARS ARE TESTED IN LIVES AND THEN SHUT OFF WHEN THE CARS
ARE DRIVEN ON THE ROAD.
WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS?
WHY DON'T THEY JUST CUT OMISSIONS AND NOT SHE?
WHEN YOU CUT A MISSIONS WHEN IT COMES TO DIESEL VEHICLES,
YOU COMPROMISE SOME OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CAR AND
SO IT IS A BALANCING ACT AND IN SOME CASES, CAR COMPANIES CHEAT.
ON CLOSER INSPECTION, THE EPA DISCOVERED THESE VEHICLES
ALSO CONTAIN AT LEAST A UNDISCLOSED PIECES OF
SOFTWARE THAT CAN ALTER HOW A VEHICLE PRODUCES AIR POLLUTION.
THEY'VE GOTTEN A CITATION FOR THAT.
VIA CHRYSLER FOR ITS PART DENIES THAT IT SOFTWARE WAS SIMILAR TO
VOLKSWAGENS DIE INSTEAD IT SAYS THIS WAS SIMPLY NORMAL SOFTWARE
TO FINE-TUNE ADMISSIONS OUTPUT FROM THE CARD AND HELP US
VEHICLES BALANCE EPA'S REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR LOW
NITROGEN OXYGEN I'D OMISSIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR ENGINE
DURABILITY AND PERFORMANCE.
THEY ARE DENYING IT THAT THEY SAYING WE DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING WRONG.
THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT FOLKS LIKE AND IT.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF REACTIONS TO THE STORY.
ONE, IT IS CRAZY THAT FIAT MAKES THE DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK.
IT IS A TRAGEDY THAT FIAT AND CHRYSLER HAVE MERGED.
I GOT MYSELF A FIAT, IT IS A DODGER IN 1500 TRUCK.
NICE FIAT, DO.
SECONDLY, YOU SAID THEY WERE GETTING A CITATION AND I WAS
LIKE, CITATION IS GOOD AND THEN I'M LIKE NO, I THINK IT IS ALSO
CITATION WHICH MADE ME THINK, HOW DO WE KNOW, I GOT A CITATION
OR I GOT A CITATION THAT WHICH IS IT?
YOU MAKE, THEY GOT A CITATION BUT SOMETIMES YOU ARE LIKE
I GOT A CITATION, BEST STUDENT IN CLASS.
NO, IT IS NOT GOOD.
LET'S GET A DIFFERENT WORD.
THEY MEAN THE EXACT OPPOSITE THINGS.
THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT TO BRING UP.
IF ANNA HAD DELIVERED IT DIFFERENTLY, WE WOULD BE LIKE
THEY'VE BEEN AWARDED FOR THEIR EXTRA SNEAKY CHEATING.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING AND USUALLY
CORPORATIONS TEND TO GET AWAY WITH BAD BEHAVIOR.
WE HAVE A TREND IN THE UNITED STATES OF THAT HAPPENING,
HOWEVER IN THE CASE OF THE EPA AND THESE INVESTIGATIONS,
THEY ARE NOT LETTING THESE CARMAKERS OFF EASY.
LOOKS LIKE AND DID HAVE TO DEAL WITH SOME SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.
IT WILL END UP PAYING UP TO $14.7 BILLION TO COMPENSATE
CAR OWNERS AND SETTLE LAWSUITS IN THE UNITED STATES OVER
ITS CLEAN DIESEL SCANDAL WHICH AFFECTED HALF 1 MILLION CARS.
THERE OTHER ISSUES TOO.
THEIR EXECUTIVES A GOT DETAINED DIE OF A SERIOUS.
I THINK THAT THE EPA IS LAYING DOWN THE HAMMER.
THAT'S A PHRASE, RIGHT?
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
YES AND NO DIET THEY HAVE IN THE PAST, WITH VOLKSWAGEN
THEY FOLLOWED THROUGH ON THEIR CHEATING AND AGAIN, IT WAS
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WITH THE PO CHRYSLER CASE BUT IT IS
COMPARABLE.
BUT CHRYSLER IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE PLEADING THEIR CASE IN
FRONT OF A TRUMPET MINISTRATION, AND WE KNOW THAT THEY DON'T
RESPECT THE EPA.
THEIR PROBABILITY OF THEM A CITATION.
THE GOOD KIND.
IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING DIE THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A
COOL LINE IN THE SAND, NOT COOL BUT INTERESTING TO SEE FOR HOW
THIS WAS HANDLED BEFORE WITH VOLKSWAGEN AND OTHER WE'RE
SEEING VERY SIMILAR VIOLATIONS WITH OMISSIONS WITH NITROGEN
OXIDE WITH CHRYSLER, HOW THE TRUMPET MINISTRATION WILL HANDLE
THAT AND WAS SORT OF SANCTIONS OR CITATIONS THEY WILL LAY ON
CHRYSLER BECAUSE THEY ABSOLUTELY WERE SKIRTING THE RULES.
TO SAY THAT IT WAS ACCIDENTAL, IT’S ADVANCED SOFTWARE THAT
WAS PUT IN THESE CARS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO OUTSMART
THE LAB TEST.
THEY SHOULD BE CALLED OUT, ANA.
BUT WILL THEY BE?
THAT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED.
WE WILL SEE.
I HATE THAT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THEY DID WRONG, I
WONDER HOW THIS WILL BE HANDLED.
THAT
IS TRUE, ALL WE CAN REALLY DO WITH THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION IS SPECULATE ON HOW HE WOULD DEAL OUT
CONSEQUENCES IF THERE WOULD BE ANY AT ALL.
HE DOESN'T LIKE THE EPA.
HE HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT
THAT.
THE RIGHT-WINGERS DON'T LIKE THEM EITHER.
AS ELIZABETH WARREN SAYS, PERSONNEL'S POLICY.
WE KNOW WHERE THEY STAND ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IT.
WE HAVE TO SPECULATE, PRAY, RAIN DANCE, EVERYTHING.
FIAT CHRYSLER STOCKS DROPPED 15%.
RIGHT.
FIAT CHRYSLER LOOKS WEIRD.
FIAT, YOU'RE GONNA LIKE IT.
IT JUST SOUNDS, IT'S SMUG AND DOWN TO EARTH.
THERE YOU GO.
ALL-IN-ONE.
I’VE ALWAYS BEEN CALLED SMUG.
I'VE BEEN CALLED SMUG MY WHOLE LIFE.
IT'S THE CAR FOR THE EVERY MAN WHO DOESN'T LIKE EVERY MAN.