Volkswagen CEO, facing series of setbacks, will step down
July 23, 2022 GMTVIENNA (AP) — Herbert Diess, the Volkswagen CEO whose image had been tarnished in the fallout from the German automaker’s emissions-cheating scandal, is stepping down.
In a surprise announcement Friday, the Wolfsburg, Germany-based company said Diess will depart Sept.
Davos updates | VW: Supply chain woes ease; orders backed up
May 25, 2022 GMTDAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Executives with German automaker Volkswagen say at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos that supply chain problems exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war are easing but they’re dealing with a huge backlog of orders.
Volkswagen tests electric cars, transit apps on Greek island
June 2, 2021 GMTATHENS, Greece (AP) — German carmaker Volkswagen launched a five-year project Wednesday on the small Greek Aegean island of Astypalea to test the adoption of electric vehicles in areas switching to sustainable energy generation.
Volkswagen bosses charged in Germany over emissions scandal
September 24, 2019 GMTBERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors dealt a blow to Volkswagen's efforts to put the 2015 emissions-cheating case behind it, charging the automaker's chief executive, chairman and former CEO with stock manipulation for not telling investors at the time that the scandal was about to break...