Scandal Matthias Müller says that the management of Volkswagen was not aware …
The Volkswagen management was not aware that the drivers of its vehicles diesel were rigged. This is essentially what was said by the new head of the company in an interview with German newspaper Allgemeine Zeitung Franfurter.
Matthias Muller, who took the head of the group ten days ago barely, only a “few developers” have acted in concert without informing their superiors, to develop the faker software that Team 11 million brand cars.
“Some employees involved”
Volkswagen has indicated at the end of September that a “small group of people” was likely responsible for the cheating, which saw equip the diesel engine 11 million cars in the world of software capable of distorting results of emission tests.
“Four people, including three directors responsible at different times of engine development at Volkswagen,” have been suspended for the moment, pending the outcome of an internal investigation, said the boss of the brand. Other affected employees have already left “retired” he added
Matthias Muller did not give names to reporters who questioned him but the German press has named several times Chief Development Officer of the subsidiary Audi, Ulrich Hackenberg, how to be possibly involved in the rigging.
The management was not aware
The development of an engine is a ” complex process that involves interaction of programmers, developers of engines and gearboxes and those who make the measurements for testing of the authorities, “said the boss,” usually the Management Board is not involved directly ” .
“I do not believe” that the leadership of Volkswagen Martin Winterkorn around, his predecessor who made his apron a few days after the collapse of the case, was aware, said M . Müller. “Do you really believe that a boss has time to worry about the inner life of the engine software? “Asks he.
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