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Hyundai, Kia will pay $41.2 million in resolve state mileage claims

Posted On: Oct. 27, 2016 2:25 PM CST

Hyundai, Kia will pay $41.2 million in resolve state mileage claims

(Reuters) — Korean carmakers Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Motors Corp. will pay $41.2 million to resolve a long-running investigation by 33 U.S. states over the automakers' 2012 mileage restatements, state attorneys general said Thursday.

In 2014, the automakers were hit with $350 million in penalties by the U.S. government for overstating fuel economy ratings. 

Under the accord, which involved the sale of 1.2 million cars and SUVs, the car firms paid a $100 million penalty, spent around $50 million to prevent future violations and forfeited emissions credits estimated to be worth more than $200 million. 

That settlement was on top of $395 million the automakers agreed to pay in 2013 to resolve claims from the owners of the vehicles.