After having paid more than 30 billion euros in the case of "Dieselgate", these engines rigged to appear less polluting present on eleven million vehicles, the Volkswagen group is now turning against its former leaders.
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The German manufacturer has let it be known that it will seek damages from Martin Winterkorn, its former CEO, and Rupert Stadler, that of Audi.
The German group has indeed entrusted a "
long investigation
" to the law firm Gleiss Lutz.
At its end, the supervisory board of Volkswagen said it was "
convinced
" that Martin Winterkorn "
violated his duty of care
" by failing, as the boss of the group, "
to explain the context of the use of functions software not permitted in 2.0 l Diesel engines
”.
The group goes further.
He believes that the leader
"did not ensure that the questions asked by the American authorities"
, by whom the scandal broke,
"receive a rapid, sincere and complete answer"
.
As for Rupert Stadler, he is criticized for
“not having ensured”
that two Diesel engines developed by Audi and used in European vehicles from Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche “
had to be examined
”.
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The manufacturer claims damage to three other executives of Audi and Porsche.
Negotiations with these leaders have been initiated to reach an agreement while avoiding legal action.
The current group CEO, Herbert Diess, and the chairman of the supervisory board, Hans Dieter Pötsch, avoided a lawsuit last year with a financial transaction of 9 million euros under a legal agreement.
Amounts paid by the group.