German prosecutors open probe for former VW boss

The Goan NetworkPublished Sep 28, 2015, 12:00 AM IST

SHARE ON

PTI

Frankfurt

German prosecutors have opened an investigation against former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn in the company's emissions-rigging scandal.

Prosecutors in Braunschweig said on Monday that the investigation would concentrate on the suspicion of fraud committed through the sale of vehicles with manipulated emissions data.It added that the probe aims to establish who was responsible. Prosecutors have received a number of criminal complaints in the case, including one from Volkswagen itself that doesn't name any suspects.

SHARE ON

2.1 mn cars affected by VW scandal, says Audi

The Goan Network

Published Sep 28, 2015, 12:00 AM IST

SHARE ON

PTI Frankfurt Volkswagen's top-of-the-range automaker Audi said on Monday that 2.1 million of its diesel cars worldwide are fitted with the sophisticated software enabling them to cheat emission tests. In Germany alone, 577,000 vehicles were affected and 13,000 in the United States, an Audi spokesman said. In western Europe as a whole, the number was 1.42 million. The models concerned were the A1, A3, A4, A6, Q3, Q5 and also the TT, the spokesman said. Volkswagen sparked…