Automotive giant Stellantis pleads guilty to diesel emissions fraud

As expected , Stellantis, the parent company of Dodge and Jeep, has pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy charges related to its efforts to conceal the amount of pollution produced by its diesel engines. The world's fifth-largest automaker agreed this week to pay $300 million in penalties to end a multi-year investigation by the US Justice Department, Reuters reported on Friday . Federal prosecutors accused Stellantis of violating the Clean Air Act, alleging the automaker attempted to deceive US...