Ex-VW boss faces September trial over 'dieselgate' scandal

Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Mar 15, 2024

Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn will go on trial in September for his role in the carmaker's emissions-cheating scandal, a German court said Friday, nine years after the saga began. The German auto giant was plunged into crisis after admitting in 2015 it had installed software to rig emissions levels in 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide. Winterkorn, 76, had originally been du