Exhaust fraud – ex-managers on the diesel affair – economy

In the fraud process for the VW diesel affair, an ex-manager continued the description to exonerate him. “If I understand something clearly, then I also position myself to do so,” said the former head of VW engine development on Thursday in front of the Braunschweig regional court. The focus of his admission, which lasted several hours, was that there were many problems before the introduction of a “clean diesel” on the US market, but the so-called acoustic function did not play a special role. There was never a presentation in which the acoustic function was presented separately, said the ex-VW manager. In the context of the “Dieselgate” investigations, the concept of this function is a kind of cover for the program, which only fully activated exhaust gas cleaning in tests. In September 2015, the deceptions in the USA were exposed. Six years later, four former VW executives have been charged. Among other things, you are exposed to commercial and gang fraud (Ref .: 6 KLs 23/19). Former VW CEO Martin Winterkorn, who was initially co-accused, does not have to appear in court for the time being in relation to the diesel fraud process.