Four ex-Volkswagen executives convicted in the Dieselgate case

10 years after the Volkswagen diesel scandal, four former managers of the concern were found guilty, and a court in Braunschweig sentenced them to suspended and real terms. This was reported on May 26 by The New York Times.

The specialists held senior positions and were responsible for engine technology. They were accused of conspiring to conceal data on excess diesel engine emissions from regulators.

Jens Hudler, who oversaw the development of diesel engines, received the longest real sentence — four and a half years in prison. Hanno Yelden, who previously worked in the electronics department of the Internal combustion engine, received two years and seven months in prison. The other two managers, a component developer and an emissions specialist, received suspended sentences of one year and three months, as well as one year and 10 months, respectively.

The devil is in the details: the domestic car industry remains not entirely Russian

Localization of cars assembled in the Russian Federation turned out to be significantly lower than the target indicators

In 2015, Volkswagen was accused of underestimating the real emissions figures using the software it equipped its cars with. Due to the scandal called "dieselgate," by 2019, the carmaker had lost €30 billion.

Earlier in the day, it was reported that Swedish car manufacturer Volvo Cars will cut 7% of its employees to reduce costs. The dismissal will affect 3,000 specialists, including consultants.