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Ex-Opel Tech Chief Will Help Monitor VW Emission Work
Rita Forst, a former head of technology development at Adam Opel AG, has been hired to help monitor Volkswagen AG’s emission control compliance in the wake of the VW diesel emission cheating scandal.
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Rita Forst, a former head of technology development at Adam Opel AG, has been hired to help monitor Volkswagen AG’s emission control compliance in the wake of the VW diesel emission cheating scandal.
Forst was selected by Larry Thompson, who was appointed in January by a U.S. federal court to oversee VW’s compliance activities until mid-2020. VW agreed to the monitoring as part of a $43 billion settlement of criminal charges that it sold 555,000 diesels in the U.S. that had been rigged to evade emission tests.
In June, Thompson told reporters he might need to triple the size of his staff to 60 to handle the monitoring work. The team will track the activities of all VW Group automotive brands.
Forst, an engineer, joined Opel in 1977. She later set up and headed then-Opel-owner General Motors Co.’s diesel engine development center in Turin, Italy.
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