Winterkorn (VW) has admitted that its former CEO, Martin Winterkorn , was told about the company’s illegal emissions crisis May 2014 before it confirmed it was cheating on US tests. VW said that Volkswagen was sent a memo in November 2014 detailing how some VW cars were producing up to 35 times more nitrogen oxide emissions than allowed. However, the company said there was no evidence Winterkorn had read the memo. The EPA made it public later in September. In November 2014 , Winterkorn was again told about the problem.
Winterkorn (VW) has admitted that its former CEO, Martin Winterkorn , was told about the company’s illegal emissions crisis May 2014 before it confirmed it was cheating on US tests. VW said that Volkswagen was sent a memo in November 2014 detailing how some VW cars were producing up to 35 times more nitrogen oxide emissions than allowed. However, the company said there was no evidence Winterkorn had read the memo. In November 2014 , Winterkorn was again told about the problem.