Fiat Chrysler to modify 100,000 vehicles after possible emissions cheating

New York

FIAT Chrysler said on Friday that it would modify around 100,000 diesel vehicles to try to reach a settlement with US regulators, as separate academic studies provided mounting evidence that the carmaker had installed software meant to evade emissions standards.

The move came a day after the company said it was in talks to resolve a Justice Department investigation. The case bears striking similarities to a Volkswagen scandal in which several executives have been investigated or charged, with the German carmaker paying tens of billions of dollars in fines, penalties and settlements.