Topic: Let paranoia begin! EPA regulating sale of Off Road Use Only tuners
I read it because it mentioned "Harley" and "defeat device" in a clickbait headline. But what it seems to reveal parallels the whole "Lemons Law" debate.
by: Danielle Muoio
Harley-Davidson has settled a lawsuit with the US government that alleged the company violated federal air pollution laws, the motorcycle maker wrote in a statement Thursday.The lawsuit alleged that the motorcycle maker's "Screamin’ Eagle" after-market engine tuners were emissions-control defeat devices. The suit alleged that Harley-Davidson sold more than 12,000 motorcycles with the defeat devices.
Harley-Davidson will pay a $12 million civil penalty and a separate $3 million on a project that replaces wood-burning stoves with cleaner burning ones to mitigate air pollution, according to an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) statement. Harley-Davidson also has to stop selling and buy back the defeat devices that were on the motorcycles as part of the settlement.
"This settlement is not an admission of liability but instead represents a good faith compromise with the EPA on areas of law we interpret differently, particularly EPA's assertion that it is illegal for anyone to modify a certified vehicle even if it will be used solely for off-road/closed-course competition," said Ed Moreland, Harley-Davidson's Government Affairs Director, in a statement.
"For more than two decades, we have sold this product under an accepted regulatory approach that permitted the sale of competition-only parts. In our view, it is and was legal to use in race conditions in the U.S."