NAGOYA, Japan -- Toyota Motor will pay $180 million to settle the U.S. government's charge that it violated the country's Clean Air Act, in a deal reached just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office with an ambitious climate agenda.
Though Toyota had the option of fighting the lawsuit in court, the carmaker decided to reach a settlement, which amounted to "the largest civil penalty" for violating the law's reporting requirements, according to the Justice Department.
