After years of pollution violations, Tesla is fined $275,000 by the EPA
Source: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-02-23/tesla-pollution-fined-epa
Author: Russ Mitchell
After years of “high priority violations” of air pollution regulations at its Fremont, Calif., assembly plant, Tesla has been penalized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The agency fined the electric car company $275,000 - about what it would cost to buy two high-end Tesla Model S Plaid automobiles. The company sold more than 936,000 vehicles in 2021 and boasts a market value of $800 billion. The agency noted Tesla’s use of toxic chemicals in its paint shop - formaldehyde, ethylbenzene, naphthalene and xylene - “known or suspected to cause cancer or other serious side effects.” Any automaker’s paint shop emits the same chemicals, but EPA regulations have been set to minimize emissions and to protect worker and public health.