Washington trucking companies owner pleads guilty to emissions scheme

The owner of three Washington trucking companies pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to violate Clean Air Act emissions controls and to fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief money.

Pavel Ivanovich Turlak pleaded guilty Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. From August 2017 through November 2023, Turlak removed the required air pollution control equipment and tampered with federally mandated monitoring devices on diesel trucks. He admitted to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/washington-trucking-companies-owner-pleads-guilty-to-emissions-scheme

Co-founder wants TuSimple liquidated

TuSimple co-founder Xiaodi Hou has started a second autonomous trucking startup. But he is suing his former company, urging that TuSimple be liquidated and $450 million returned to shareholders, of whom he is the largest.

Suits on 3 coasts

In separate filings in courts in San Diego and Delaware, Hou claims his co-founder, Mo Chen, and CEO Cheng Lu are trying to move TuSimple’s $450 million to China. TuSimple moved its business there and has shifted its business from autonomous trucking to...

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Emissions-rigging fine takes huge bite from Cummins’ Q4 earnings

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An emissions-rigging settlement wiped nearly $14 per share from fourth-quarter profits at Cummins...

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Cummins will pay California $175M over emission-rigged engines

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Cummins Inc. will pay $175 million to California over emissions-rigging of Ram truck diesel engines....

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Cummins will pay $1.675B fine for engine emissions violations

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Cummins Inc. will pay federal and California regulators $1.675 billion to settle a 4 1/2-year-old...

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