when to knew Ex-VW boss Winterkorn from the Diesel Scam? Investigators are examining whether he had from Audi-times knowledge of the Software at VW was manipulated – and whether he would be able to draw conclusions.

In Diesel-fraud procedure, the public Prosecutor’s office in Braunschweig against the former VW group chief Martin Winterkorn and other 41 the Accused threatened the Ex-VW boss of new Trouble. According to research by NDR, WDR and “süddeutsche Zeitung” according to the investigators, the question of whether the winter grain had already been to his time at Audi of knowledge about the use of the so-called acoustic function and the way they function.

A VW employee who had testified at the public Prosecutor’s office, had indicated that the function, which was later used in the VW for the Manipulation of emission values, was developed on the Basis of a corresponding Audi Software.

winter grain from 2002 to 2007 not only the chief Executive officer of Audi, but since 2003, the business area of technical development. Winter grain could have already had at the time knowledge to the Bosch for the Audi-developed Software, the adoption of the investigators.