Navistar competitors Daimler Trucks North America, Mack Trucks and Volvo Group North America were back in court Tuesday to argue that the U.S. Environmental violated its own regulations when it issued engine emissions certificates to Navistar.
Daimler, Mack and Volvo are saying again that the EPA wrongly granted Navistar permission to manufacture and sell non-compliant engines if they paid a fine.
The three complainants say their rival benefitted from the “certificates of conformity” at their expense. Daimler, Mack and Volvo say they pumped millions of dollars each into developing engines that met the tightening federal emissions regulations while Navistar was able to sell its non-compliant engines with the $1,919 fine per truck.
A D.C. Circuit court dismissed Friday, Oct. 18, a case that asked that Navistar’s emissions certificates be voided.
The EPA said that “substantial work” was required for Navistar to meet the emissions limit by looking back to when the agency issued its 2001 standard. Based on that standard and Navistar’s inability to meet the standards, the agency granted the certificates.
At issue is the definition of “substantial work.”