Hyundai, Kia to pay US $100M for overstating mpg

Associated Press

WASHINGTON

Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia will pay the U.S. government a $100 million civil penalty to end a two-year investigation into overstated gas-mileage figures on window stickers on 1.2 million vehicles. The penalty, announced Monday by the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency, is the first under new rules aimed at limiting the amount of heat-trapping gases cars are allowed to emit.