More victims in the exhaust scandal: Chief Development Officer leaves Porsche – n-tv.de NEWS

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 Tuesday 03 May 2016

 
 
 

 
 The exhaust scandal at VW claims another victim. Development chief Wolfgang Hatz leaves the sports car maker Porsche. The internal investigation has him may yet prove no wrongdoing.
 

 
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The sports cars and SUVs Bauer Porsche exchanges his development board. The furloughed since September Wolfgang Hatz leaving at his own request, the company, as Porsche announced. The Porsche supervisory board has named Michael Steiner as his successor. Hatz had been since September pulled out of the service because of internal investigations in the course of the exhaust scandal at Volkswagen. Porsche said Hatz have since been involved in the investigation of the scandal. So far, had revealed “no evidence” on a co-responsibility. However, since the studies lasted and he continued on leave, Hatz to have decided to leave the company.

This is a further development chief in the Volkswagen Group will be replaced in the course of the diesel scandal. Early December released the Audi Supervisory Board the Technical Director of the Ingolstadt VW subsidiary, Ulrich Hackenberg, from the board. Shortly thereafter, Frank Welsch took over the development field in the core brand Volkswagen for Heinz-Jakob Neusser, who had been on leave.

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Porsche has been affected by the relatively moderate Diesel scandal Around 13,000 copies of the SUV model Cayenne recent findings have shown that in the USA the fraud software. It’s about the vehicles vintages from 2013 to 2015 – based on their worldwide Porsche sales in the period which is a fraction of about two percent. As part of the “voluntary recall” of the Automotive Bundesamt Porsche also ordered 33,000 Macan SUV back to the workshops. The engine of Porsche diesel car comes from Audi.

Because of the inherent internal investigation leave Hatz had decided to leave Porsche, it said in the Porsche Communication. Hatz had worked from 2001 to 2009 in the VW group as engine developers – first with Audi, later at Volkswagen itself since February 2011. He is a board member of VW subsidiary Porsche.. Hatz ‘successor Michael Steiner has worked for 14 years in the Porsche Development Center in Weissach – most recently as Head of Overall Vehicle Development

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