U.S. officials announced a $1.6 billion deal with Toyota's Hino Motors unit to settle charges it deceived regulators about the amount of emissions spewed by its diesel engines.

Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors will pay $1.6 billion to settle a fraud case that alleged the company deceived regulators about emissions amounts from its diesel engines, U.S. officials have announced.

Toyota Motor unit Hino Motors has agreed a $1.6 billion settlement with U.S. agencies and will plead guilty over excess diesel engine emissions in more than 105,000 U.S. vehicles, the company and U.S.

Hino Motors, a Toyota subsidiary, will pay $1.6 billion to the federal government and state of California to resolve criminal and civil allegations of emissions fraud. The settlement announced Wednesday is one of the largest criminal and civil penalties in the history of EPA’s mobile source program.

A Toyota Motor Corp unit agreed to plead guilty and pay over $1.6 billion in a settlement with U.S. government agencies to settle violations related to an emissions fraud scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement on Wednesday.

US officials late Wednesday announced a $1.6 billion deal with Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors to settle charges it deceived regulators about the amount of emissions spewed by its diesel engines.

A report by Nikkei Asia said that Hino was expected to settle the allegations pay a fine of $1.2 billion. A company-commissioned panel said in a report in 2022 Hino had falsified