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Germany’s Diesel Probe Widens to Include Audi CEO Stadler
Audi AG CEO Rupert Stadler is now part of the investigation into diesel emission cheating at parent company Volkswagen AG, according to German prosecutors.
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Audi AG CEO Rupert Stadler is now part of the investigation into diesel emission cheating at parent company Volkswagen AG, according to German prosecutors.
Bernd Martens, Audi’s head of purchasing, also has joined the list, which now numbers 20 targets. Prosecutors say members of the group are suspected of fraud and false advertising.
Stadler has been implicated by multiple engineers, according to Reuters. He has headed Audi since 2007, a period in which Audi admits it rigged its 3.0-liter V-6 diesels with illegal software to evade emission limits. Those engines also were used in Porsche and VW vehicles.
Prosecutors have raided Audi facilities three times in search of evidence of wrongdoing. Yesterday they searched the homes of Stadler and Martens for the same reason.
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