(Reuters) – The U.S. enterprise of Fiat Chrysler Vehicles pleaded responsible to legal conspiracy on Friday in U.S. District Courtroom in Detroit in a plea settlement to resolve a multi-year Justice Division diesel emissions fraud probe, a court docket spokesman stated.

FCA US LLC, now a part of Stellantis, pays about $300 million in legal penalties arising from its efforts to evade emissions necessities for greater than 100,000 older Ram pickup vans and Jeep sport-utility automobiles in its U.S. lineup.

U.S. District Decide Nancy Edmunds set a July 18 sentencing date.