Hank around Volkswagen’s cheating grows.
New data shows that while light trucks will be equipped with the engineered software.
On Friday came the news that the Porsche boss Mathias Muller becomes the VW Group’s new CEO.
Müller says he will do everything to win back public confidence, reports the AP.
We will overcome the crisis, said Müller at a press conference, according to AFP
According to the Board’s Müller right man at the right time to take the company out of the current crisis. Union president and board member Bernd Osterloh blamed the scandal on “a small group”.
A small group has inflicted huge damage now. We need a business environment where the problems are not hidden away, Osterloh said at the press conference.
It is not only Martin Winterkorn who have been forced to resign. Although development managers at Audi and Porsche, Wolfgang Hatz, Ulrich Hackenberg, have left their posts, as well as VW’s development manager Heinz-Jakob Neusser and American boss Michael Horn.
Recognized cheating
The news that Muller gets VW’s new CEO came just hours after new evidence that even light trucks should be equipped with the engineered software. Previously it has only been known that the cars covered by the scandal. It is still unclear which number or type of vehicles involved.
In Norway, the Economic Crime Authority investigate whether Volkswagen violated Norwegian law.
“The company has acknowledged widespread cheating. We now want to investigate if any crime has been committed in Norway and this fraud has an effect on cars imported, “said the authority in a statement.
It was on Thursday that it was confirmed that even cars in Europe covered by the environmental cheats originally disclosed in US. It is still unclear whether Norway, where VW sold about 20,000 diesel cars annually, is affected. In Sweden, the Prosecution would approve a similar measure. Then would such a case end up at the national drive against corruption, but today there is no such case.
At the same time, more and more countries to take action. French Environment Minister Segolen Royal has announced that VW cars in France to undergo testing to see if they have been fitted with the engineered software. The same applies to Switzerland and in Italy, the 1000 cars investigated, according to the country’s transport minister.
Large fines
In Sweden, it would be Transport Agency conducting the test but since these have already been implemented, it is currently not up to date with any new tests, according to the investigator Per Öhlund.
VW has previously acknowledged that a total of eleven million cars will be covered by the software that made it possible to improve the results of emission tests. In the US environmental authorities have already announced that the company risk a fine of about 150 billion Swedish kronor.
Approximately 2.8 million VW cars in Germany are equipped with the software, said the country’s Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt according to AFP.
On Friday announced the Swiss authorities that they face sales peak for the Volkswagen models to have been tampered with.
United Kingdom
Transport Minister has announced that in cooperation with car makers should examine the faulty software used.
Germany
Having decided to appoint a committee to investigate Volkswagen’s conduct and the Committee should also take part of documents from VW.
France
Should carry out tests to determine if the cars in France have been equipped with manipulated software similar to that of the United States.
Italy
Will carry out tests on 1000 cars. Has also decided to initiate an investigation into the VW and cheating.
South Korea
Having decided to investigate the 4000 to 5000 cars, including the Jetta, Golf and Audi A3.
The Netherlands
Lets German authorities conduct tests. No own tests are planned.
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