Mercedes-Benz paid $ 28.9m sentences for the crimes of the Energy Efficiency

Producers who do not meet the CAFE standards. Of the six manufacturers, the fines paid, Mercedes-Benz has been the hardest hit was to propose a draft law on the transfer of U.S. $ 28.9 million was paid in December. That is a huge sum, especially in this region, the automotive industry, but in reality a little less than U.S. $ 30.3 million paid for the buses from Daimler Chrysler in the past year - a figure which is still the record. Daimler go!

All other trademarks that do not meet the requirements, including CAFE Volkswagen, which was developed by an amount of 4.5 million U.S. dollars, in cooperation with Porsche and Maserati, which paid the cost of 1.2 million U.S. dollars and Ferrari, which has the beam by a relatively insignificant $ 1.1 million coaches.

With more and more stringent in the near future these fines is not exactly a good omen for the manufacturers of high-end luxury vehicles and the fact that the timetable for these conditions are not yet decided which is more difficult to plan.