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VW Suspends Its Top Lobbyist Over “Repulsive” Diesel Fumes Tests
Volkswagen AG has suspended Thomas Steg, heads of external relations and sustainability, over revelations about VW-backed research that exposed humans and monkeys to diesel fumes.
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Volkswagen AG has suspended Thomas Steg, heads of external relations and sustainability, over revelations about VW-backed research that exposed humans and monkeys to diesel fumes.
Steg has served as VW’s top lobbyist since 2012 and normally reports directly to VW CEO Matthias Mueller. Mueller, who has apologized for the tests, describes them as “unethical and repulsive.”
Steg will remain on a leave of absence pending the outcome of a VW investigation into the scandal. In the interim, his duties will be performed by Jens Hanefeld, the company’s head of international and European policy.
The research work was commissioned by the European Research Group on Environment and Health in the Transport Sector, or EUGT. The now disbanded organization was funded by VW, BMW, Daimler and Bosch to produce research results to discredit claims that diesel exhaust was carcinogenic.
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