Former VW boss was informed earlier of diesel emissions cheating

Two documents show that Martin Winterkorn, chief executive of Volkswagen in 2015, was informed about Dieselgate sooner than he has admitted.

A court in Stuttgart has ordered Volkswagen to supply two documents that suggest its former CEO, Martin Winterkorn, knew about the diesel emissions scandal more than a year before it became public in September 2015.

Two documents show that Mr. Winterkorn was informed in May 2014 about the cheating devices fitted into diesel cars, which artificially lowered toxic emissions during lab tests and increased them on the road. The letters, seen by Handelsblatt, were sent by the quality control chief and explicitly list emissions as an issue to be addressed. read more »