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Head of VW's Audi arrested in Germany over diesel scandal
German authorities arrested the head of Volkswagen's luxury arm Audi on Monday, the most senior company official so far to be detained over the carmaker's emissions test cheating scandal.
Munich prosecutors, who earlier this month widened their probe into Audi, said Rupert Stadler was being held due to fears he might hinder their investigation into the scandal, plunging Volkswagen into a leadership crisis.
News of the arrest comes as Volkswagen's (VW) new group CEO Herbert Diess is trying to introduce a new leadership structure, which includes Stadler, to speed up a shift toward electric vehicles in the wake of its "dieselgate" troubles.
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Audi CEO Arrested for Role in Volkswagen Diesel Emissions Scandal
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(Score: 2) by quietus on Tuesday June 19 2018, @05:01PM
And thirdly, if European carmakers co-opted any government, than it was for making emission levels ever more strict -- so as to force consumers to buy a new car regularly.