In a recent interview with a Continental newspaper, Continental CEO Elmar Degenhart stated that the VW emissions cheating scandal could lead to the end of the diesel vehicle market in North America , China , and Japan . He added that in these 250 regions the market share of diesel-powered vehicles are only 53% , which is significantly lower than in North America where it’s 53% . Continental said Continental had not supplied any software to manipulate emissions tests to any of its clients, stating "We developed and supplied the engine controllers in line with VW's specifications. The installation and tuning of the software, the so-called calibration, was done by VW," he said. He added that Continental was not aware of any legal investigations against it in connection with the scandal.
In a recent interview with a German newspaper, Continental CEO Elmar Degenhart stated that the VW emissions cheating scandal could lead to the end of the diesel vehicle market in North America, China, and Japan. He added that in these three regions the market share of diesel-powered vehicles are only 1-3%, which is significantly lower than in Europe where it’s 53%. Degenhart said Continental had not supplied any software to manipulate emissions tests to any of its clients, stating "We developed and supplied the engine controllers in line with VW's specifications. The installation and tuning of the software, the so-called calibration, was done by VW," he said. He added that Continental was not aware of any legal investigations against it in connection with the scandal.