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Korean Prosecutors Question VW Chief About Emission Tests
Earlier today prosecutors in South Korea questioned Johannes Thammer, CEO of Audi Volkswagen Korea, about their suspicions that the company fabricated emission and noise tests for vehicles imported to the country.
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Earlier today prosecutors in South Korea questioned Johannes Thammer, CEO of Audi Volkswagen Korea, about their suspicions that the company fabricated emission and noise tests for vehicles imported to the country.
VW declined comment except to say it is cooperating fully with the probe, Bloomberg News reports. The investigation was triggered by VW’s admission last September that it rigged 11 million of its diesel-powered vehicles worldwide to evade emission standards.
Korean officials responded in January by ordering VW to recall 125,600 of the affected diesels. In May investigators raided VW’s offices in Seoul, searching for falsified test records. In June police arrested an executive with the Korean operations.
Last week the country’s environment ministry banned the sale of 80 Audi, Bentley and VW models and fined VW Group 18 billion won ($16 million) for falsifying emission and noise test results.
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