01:21Germany: Ex-VW CEO denies prior knowledge of duping emissions tests
Former Volkswagen Group (VW AG) CEO Martin Winterkorn appeared before a parliamentary committee at the Reichstag in Berlin, Thursday, to give testimony over his alleged involvement in the Volkswagen emissions scandal. Winterkorn denied that he had known about the systematic tampering with the measuring of emissions.
The 69-year-old resigned in September 2015, just five days after the VW Group admitted it had installed software in diesel vehicles around the world that had duped emissions tests, making their cars appear less polluting than they actually were.
The emissions scandal, involving around 11 million vehicles, broke after the US Environmental Protection Agency carried out car emission tests and found that VW had violated the Clean Air Act.
Winterkorn's testimony before the investigatory committee is expected to shed light on an event that has cost VW $24 billion (€23 billion) so far.
01:21Former Volkswagen Group (VW AG) CEO Martin Winterkorn appeared before a parliamentary committee at the Reichstag in Berlin, Thursday, to give testimony over his alleged involvement in the Volkswagen emissions scandal. Winterkorn denied that he had known about the systematic tampering with the measuring of emissions.
The 69-year-old resigned in September 2015, just five days after the VW Group admitted it had installed software in diesel vehicles around the world that had duped emissions tests, making their cars appear less polluting than they actually were.
The emissions scandal, involving around 11 million vehicles, broke after the US Environmental Protection Agency carried out car emission tests and found that VW had violated the Clean Air Act.
Winterkorn's testimony before the investigatory committee is expected to shed light on an event that has cost VW $24 billion (€23 billion) so far.