Reporting by Georgina Prodhan; editing by Jason Neely 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 , Europe , 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 designed 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 , Europe , 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 designed 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 .