Normal Motors and Stellantis paid a mixed $363 million in penalties for failing to satisfy U.S. Company Common Gas Financial system (CAFE) necessities for current mannequin years, Reuters reported Friday.

The file quantity consists of $235.5 million paid by Stellantis for 2018 and 2019 model-year gasoline financial system shortfalls and $128.2 million for GM overlaying mannequin years 2016 and 2017, in line with the report. It cites information displaying the GM and Stellantis penalties have been paid in December and Could.

Stellantis, which beforehand paid a complete of $156.6 million in penalties for mannequin years 2016 and 2017, informed Reuters that the most recent penalty “displays previous efficiency recorded earlier than the formation of Stellantis, and isn’t point out of the corporate’s path.”

Modifications in estimated real-world gasoline financial system (from EPA 2022 Automotive Tendencies Report)

Stellantis was created in 2021 from the merger of Fiat Chrysler Cars (FCA) and the PSA Group. FCA as soon as trusted shopping for emissions credit from Tesla to compensate for a lineup heavy on pickup vehicles and SUVs. In 2021, Stellantis mentioned it would not want Tesla emissions credit, in Europe a minimum of. However the EPA’s 2022 Automotive Tendencies Report reveals Stellantis as final amongst massive automakers in U.S. real-world gasoline financial system, as of the 2021 mannequin 12 months.

GM informed Reuters that it nonetheless plans to make use of emissions credit, both ones it is saved up or ones it has bought from different automakers, in sure conditions. However this time the automaker selected to pay civil penalties as an alternative of utilizing credit—the primary time it has paid a superb within the 40-year historical past of CAFE program, in line with the report.

Each automakers have large EV plans. Stellantis is pushing forward with the event of a number of devoted EV platforms for a variety of autos. GM is betting its future on EVs, and in an odd instance of cashflow, federal funds are being supplied as a mortgage to its Ultium battery three way partnership with LG.

2019 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat

Proper now, although, Stellantis and GM each rely on full-size truck gross sales, the place gasoline financial system has lagged for many years and never improved on the similar fee as passenger autos. Steeper gasoline financial system guidelines finalized final 12 months will carry extra hybrids and EVs sooner—and, maybe, fewer gas-guzzling muscle automobiles like Stellantis’ Dodge Hellcats—however it stays to be seen how a lot this can have an effect on the worthwhile pickups.

The federal authorities can also be contemplating larger fines for automakers failing to satisfy gasoline financial system requirements. So the file penalties paid by GM and Stellantis might quickly be surpassed.