Selling cars that do not meet emission standards, one company was sentenced to install 100 charging stations.

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24/09/2025
The Fourth Intermediate People's Court of Beijing Municipality reported on the achievements of environmental and resource-related trials in the past ten years, promoting judicial practices in ecological environment restoration. They also released six typical cases of ecological environment restoration, demonstrating the effective practices of environmental and resource-related trials in promoting ecological environment restoration, such as offsetting the losses caused by excessive emissions through the installation of new energy electric vehicle charging piles, preventive judgments to prevent and mitigate ecological environmental damage. A car company in Beijing sold two vehicle models that did not meet the environmental production consistency requirements, with emissions test results exceeding the emission limits for light vehicles. The ecological environment administrative authorities have imposed administrative penalties on the company, ordered it to stop illegal activities, confiscated illegal gains, and imposed fines. A foundation filed a civil public interest lawsuit against the car company for atmospheric pollution liability dispute, demanding accountability for the company's civil tort liability. The car company acknowledged its illegal acts, expressed willingness to take corresponding responsibility, and issued an apology on its official website. In the absence of opposing opinions after public announcement to society, the Fourth Intermediate People's Court of Beijing issued a civil mediation agreement, confirming that the car company must immediately cease production and sale of vehicles that do not meet emission standards, improve its production processes and technology to ensure that vehicles produced and sold in the future comply with standards; the car company will install 100 new energy electric vehicle charging piles in public places within the city limits of Beijing and be responsible for maintenance for 5 years, thus restoring the ecological environment.