At the beginning of the Chinese New Year in 2018, the German auto industry seemed to face a new round of regulatory storms. According to German media reports, during the recent week, German prosecutors have conducted searches on BMW's headquarters in Munich and Volkswagen Group headquarters in Wolfsburg.
On Tuesday, about one hundred prosecutors raided the headquarters of Munich and the BMW engine plant in Austria. The cause of the search was the recent announcement by BMW that it had recalled more than 10,000 diesel vehicles with the wrong software.
At about the same time, Volkswagen announced that it had confirmed the German prosecutor’s search operations at its headquarters in Fort Wolfsburg earlier this month. The cause of the search was the emissions fraud that lasted more than two years.
Are the exhaust gas scandals causing disaster? Volkswagen, BMW headquarters was repeatedly searched by German prosecutors
In February, Audi's headquarters was also raided by German prosecutors. Xinhua News Agency quoted German media reports that on February 6th Audi was arrested for installing cheating software for diesel vehicle emissions testing. Assault search: A total of 18 prosecutors and police officers raided two venues in Germany on the same day. They were offices in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, southern Germany, and Naka, Baden-Württemberg. Factory of the city of Solms.
Are the exhaust gas scandals causing disaster? Volkswagen, BMW headquarters was repeatedly searched by German prosecutors
The troubles of German car companies are still far more than these. Also last week, German media reported that a local police document shows that in 2013, a South African Porsche traffic escape accident, the current leader of the Volkswagen Group - Volkswagen Mullen, the CEO of Automotive Group, was in the car. According to German media, during a Porsche traffic accident in South Africa in 2013, Murren, who was senior of Porsche, was in the car and was involved in a traffic escape accident. A number of people were injured. At this moment, Mullun was 'recalled in the old case' and it was intriguing.
Are the exhaust gas scandals causing disaster? Volkswagen, BMW headquarters was repeatedly searched by German prosecutors
Within a short period of three months, it was no accident that BMW, the pillar of the German automotive industry, had been caught in a search storm. The frequency and intensity of the search conducted by German prosecutors, the wide range of German car companies involved in senior management, It shows that the German auto industry has become a 'snail' for some people.
For a long time, the automobile industry has always played an important role in solving important problems in the employment population and fiscal revenue. Reuters pointed out that the automobile industry guarantees about 800,000 people in employment. At the same time, most of the German government is currently in the process. The trade surplus is dependent on automotive products, and 46% of car sales are diesel versions. Diesel vehicles are also the cornerstone of government financial protection.
However, after Volkswagen’s exposure to the tailgear corruption scandal, Daimler and BMW were locked in monopolistic doors, the German government and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s attitude towards the auto industry has undergone a 180° turn, while the German domestic’s growing “non-firewood” The voice also made the relationship between German car companies and the government subtle.
Are the exhaust gas scandals causing disaster? Volkswagen, BMW headquarters was repeatedly searched by German prosecutors
It is worth noting that when running for the Prime Minister last year, Merkel stated to the voters that 'Most German car companies are deeply involved in the diesel scandal. This is an adventure of public mistrust. The executives of these car companies need to change To be more honest. 'The German car companies seem to have no more 'purchasing' for their supervision.
At last year's Frankfurt Motor Show, the car company big brothers collectively 'shelled up' to ban the sale of fuel trucks. Dr. Dieter Zetsche, president of the Mercedes-Benz Group, made it clear: 'No legislators will There is no one to be able to predict what kind of energy the customer will choose in the next fifteen to twenty years. We expect better results, politicians have different agendas, and companies will respond differently. "Mullen's position was even more intense, 'I believe this is related to Germany's upcoming election. After the election, the ban on selling conventional diesel locomotives will soon subside.'
Are the exhaust gas scandals causing disaster? Volkswagen, BMW headquarters was repeatedly searched by German prosecutors
Obviously, the German government and the German auto industry are in a new period of relationship reconstruction.
And just a short time ago, according to foreign media disclosure, Andreas Scheuer, the new Minister of Transport of Germany (Andreas Scheuer) stated to the Congress at the beginning of his appointment that he was not a 'close friend' of the automotive industry, which released the The German automotive industry has signaled a strict regulatory attitude. For external concerns, he emphasized that he will carry out 'new, very very serious dialogues' with car companies.
