Volkswagen’s Audi head questioned over dieselgate scandal

by SpeedLux
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The head of Volkswagen‘s high-end automobile department Audi has been questioned by investigators checking out the automaker’s emissions scandal, Volkswagen CEO Matthias Müller stated on Tuesday.

Müller informed reporters in Hanover that Audi boss Rupert Stadler had been questioned but refused to provide details.

Previously, Spiegel magazine reported that professionals from U.S. law firm Jones Day, which was charged by Audi last year to investigate the scandal, would question Stadler about when he discovered making use of cheat software application.

Previously this week, Bild am Sonntag reported that Audi’s head of development Stefan Knirsch would be suspended as part of the examination into the emissions scandal.

Knirsch, Audi’s former head of engine development, replaced Ulrich Hackenberg, the leading engineer at Audi and the Volkswagen group, in 2015.

Hackenberg quit after he was suspended together with 2 other executives carefully related to the development of the Volkswagen engine at the center of the scandal, code named EA 189.

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