According to a report, a Porsche executive, who apparently also was used as
an internal investigator in the exhaust gas scandal, has already learned of
exhaust gas manipulations in 2007.
Wolfsburg. In the VW exhaust gas scandal, there are
further allegations against managers of the group. According to a
report from the "Bild am Sonntag" (BamS), a Porsche executive is now clearly
in the focus. The person had worked on the elucidation of the exhaust
gas scandal. However, it should have been known long before the fraud
was known of the manipulations. The paper refers to an e-mail from 2007
by a Bosch developer, which is also to have gone to the Porsche
manager. This was the so-called "acoustic function". It recognizes
when a car is on the test bench.
The "BamS" quotes from the mail: "Procedure Acoustics function: VW wants to
use the function and also extends it." Audi wants to deactivate the function
and hide it (but leave it indoors to activate it if necessary). A
Porsche spokesman said the mail had only been sent to the employee as a
copy. "The rest of the mail exchange also shows that the employee had
nothing to do with the issue of acoustics."
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| VW exhaust gas scandal: Now obviously a Porsche executive is in focus. (Photo: Automobile Week) |
According to VW, Jones Day continues to follow
As the Automobile Week reported, the internal
investigations by the US law firm Jones Day continue in the VW exhaust gas
scandal, according to group data. A spokesman for the VW Supervisory
Board described the presentation of the "BamS" as false, according to which
the investigations were terminated. The firm was commissioned by the
Group to identify the exhaust gas manipulations. (Dpa / os)
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