Toyota’s Hino Motors to pay over $1.6B to resolve emissions fraud scheme

The U.S. Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency, FBI, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and State of California announced Wednesday reached criminal and multiple civil resolutions, valued at over $1.6B, with Hino Motors, Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A. and Hino Motors Sales U.S.A. for violations related to the submission of false and fraudulent engine emission testing and fuel consumption data to regulators and the illicit smuggling of engines into the United States. These resolutions are subject to approval by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. This unlawful conduct allowed Hino, a subsidiary of Toyota (TM) Motor Corporation, to improperly secure approvals to import and sell, and cause to be imported and sold, more than 110,000 diesel engines in the United States from 2010 to 2022. These engines were primarily installed in heavy-duty trucks manufactured and sold by Hino nationwide.