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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€1.53bnTotal of monetary amounts
€1.53bnLargest single case: Cummins Inc.
€1.53bnMedian per case with an amount

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1 case

10 Jan 2024 Cummins Inc.Cummins: 1.675 billion USD civil penalty for defeat devices in Ram pickups USAEmissions and permits €1.53bn

The engine manufacturer programmed the engine software so that emission controls were reduced or switched off during normal driving (around 630,000 Ram 2500/3500 vehicles from model years 2013–2019) and failed to disclose auxiliary emission control devices in a further approximately 330,000 vehicles. Civil penalty of 1.675 billion USD – the highest ever under the Clean Air Act – plus recall and mitigation measures, totalling around 2 billion USD.

What organisations can take from it

Software functions that affect emissions behaviour must be fully disclosed in the type approval process.

Authority / court
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. District Court, District of Columbia)
Area of law
Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
Legal basis
Clean Air Act
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Automotive
Employees
10,000 or more

Original amount 1,675,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 10 Jan 2024.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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