Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing Fiat Chrysler and Cummins Incorporated, which supplied the diesel engines that she says deceived customers by fudging emissions test results.
Mayes said the use of a special device lowered pollutants during testing, but not in real driving conditions.
Similar to former AG Mark Brnovich’s 2016 lawsuit against Volkswagen, Mayes said her goal is to compensate the roughly 23,000 Arizonans who thought they were making an eco-friendly choice.
The accused companies, she said, took advantage of Arizonans and their desire to help reduce emissions in the state, where air quality is of great concern.
Cummins has already settled with the federal government and agreed to recall over 600,000 trucks.
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