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Thu 03 January 2008 View all news
DaimlerChrysler has paid a $30m fine for failing to meet federal US fuel efficiency standards according to the US' National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The fine is the largest ever paid by a car maker and was assessed for DaimlerChrysler's imported fleet of cars from the 2006 model year which failed to meet the CAFE standard of 27.5 miles per gallon.
DaimlerChrysler's fine topped the record of $28 million which was set by BMW in 2002. The United States has collected $735 million in fines since 1985 from car makers whose fleets failed to meet car and light-truck mileage standards, now at 27.5 mpg. and 22.2 mpg. Other automakers paying fines last year were BMW, $5.1 million for its imported fleet of passenger cars; Porsche, $4.6 million for its cars and sport-utility vehicles; and Volkswagen, $1 million for its sport utility vehicles. For each 0.1 mile below the standard, automakers pay $5.50 multiplied by the number of vehicles in the fleet.
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