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Tuesday 01 March 2016
Much criticism was Matthias Müller must plug after a radio interview in the US. Now the VW CEO defends against misrepresentation of his US trip and announces further talks with the environmental authorities with.
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The CEO of Volkswagen, Matthias Müller, feels “unfair” treatment after his unsuccessful radio interview in the US. He admitted before the start of the Geneva Motor Show, the interview was “most unfortunate”. With the public hindsight but he did not agree. “Detroit was a little way unfair,” he said in Geneva.
In the interview with the US broadcaster NPR Müller had shown the exhaust scandal as a “technical problem”. On the question of whether it is going not primarily a moral failing, Muller showed irritated. The Group had not lied. Later, VW had sought a re-recording of the interview.
Public had Müller must plug harsh criticism for his statements, he showed enough remorse to the US authorities against. The VW CEO interfere now that was perceived by the interview its entire US travel public as a failure. “The trip was really successful,” says Mueller instead. He had led constructive discussions with representatives of US authorities. Yet Müller are also self-critical: “That was a mistake on my part,” he admitted. “We could have avoided it.” Nevertheless: “As has been shown, that was not fair,” Müller said, referring to the report after the interview with the radio journalists: “He has certainly caught me on the wrong side.”
More Thursday meeting
Müller spoke in this context of a “misunderstanding”. The statement of the radio reporter was, VW is criminal. Because he wanted to stand in front of his colleagues, Mueller said. He had previously also clarified in his speech in Detroit that the DAX companies, have made a big mistake.
On Thursday there will be another meeting between VW officials and US government officials in the United States. The VW group is negotiating with US environmental authorities on a solution for the approximately 580,000 diesel cars in the US, which are equipped with a prohibited software to turn down exhaust gas values to the test.
More aboutAmong the affected cars are cars of subsidiaries Audi and Porsche. VW and the US authorities want to find a solution for all brands combined, explained Müller. The cars must be modified so that they meet the strict US regulations for nitrogen oxide emissions. It is also possible that this is not possible in all cars and VW therefore obliged to repurchase vehicles.
US District Judge George Breyer had recently insisted that VW and the US authorities would have to agree and for a period set until 24 March. Müller sees mainly the Americans have a duty: “He does not tell us that he has the authority to say,” explained Müller. Breyer was a very sensible man, who know the interests of the parties exactly.
Source: n-tv.de
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