http://www.golem.de/news/abgastests-software-ingenieure-verantwortlich-fuer-vw-betrug-1510-116832.html Published: 10/12/2015 11:42
Not the board, but a few software engineers are responsible be for the fraud at Volkswagen. The said European North American chief of the group in the survey by the US Congress.
One of the central problems affecting the fraud scandal at emission tests at Volkswagen, who is responsible for tampering with the engine software. Michael Horn, responsible for the North American business manager, has announced it during his questioning by the US Congress last week a clear answer: “As far as I know, there were only a few software engineers” , said Horn under oath inter alia according to the website The Register.
According to Horn, but has not yet been clarified who exactly are the culprits and who is responsible ultimately. Supervisors eventually have to face the question whether they have fulfilled their supervisory duties adequately.
The statements of Michael Horn fit anyway to reports over the weekend, according to which the former VW Chief Development Officer Ulrich Hackenberg has rejected the responsibility of the manipulations. As picture reported on Sunday, are the “reporting lines” walked past in the matter to him that he had no knowledge of it. After the scandal was busted, Hackenberg was asked, according to the Group Internal Audit by former VW CEO Martin Winterkorn to take over responsibility for it.
Meanwhile, it was announced that Winterkorn is to abandon its remaining offices at VW. This calls according FAZ.net apparently shareholder Lower Saxony. Winterkorn is still chairman of the board at Audi and in the truck subsidiary of VW and member of the board at Porsche.
The fraud scandal has now apparently also consequences for football: As also reports Bild am Sonntag, the Group will not sign his already negotiated contract for the sponsorship of the German Cup. The Wolfsburg wanted to spend three years around 14 million euros for it from 2016th (ps)
Related items:
VW exhaust scandal:
The collective failure of the developer ( 09/25/2015 10:09, http://www.golem.de/news/vw-abgasskandal-das-kollektive-versagen-der-entwickler-1509-116498.html)
handling equipment for exhaust gas test: Why VW -Mogelsoftware was so long undetected
(09.24.2015 09:54, http://www.golem.de/news/manipulation-beim-abgastest-wie-vw-die-mogelsoftware-im-code-versteckte-1509-116472.html)
car: Volvo wants to liability in autonomous driving assume
(09.10.2015 09:07, http://www.golem.de/news/auto-volvo-will-haftung-beim-autonomen-fahren -uebernehmen-1510-116790.html)
in-car systems: The car as a second smartphone
(08.10.2015 12:04, http://www.golem.de/news/in-car systems-the-car-as-second-smartphone 1510-116754.html)
Toyota: Autonomous on the highway
(08.10.2015 09:53, http://www.golem.de/news /toyota-autonom-auf-der-autobahn-1510-116763.html)
No comments:
Post a Comment