Core Tip: The U.S. Department of Justice has spoken.
It has been four years since Volkswagen's 'emission gate', but the prosecution of personnel involved is still ongoing.
On May 4, Volkswagen CEO Wendun was sued by the United States before the public was forced to resign due to the Volkswagen 'emission gate' scandal in 2015.
The Michigan State Court of the United States stated that Wendorn was facing charges of 'frauding the United States, telecommunications fraud and violations of the Clean Air Act'.
Is this what the saying goes: 'Running a monk can't run the temple?'
First, the old age in prison?
Although in 2017, the Volkswagen Group reached a settlement with the US Department of Justice on the 'Emission Gate' and agreed to pay a fine of US$4.3 billion.
However, the United States Attorney General, the Director General of the State Environmental Protection Administration and other relevant senior government officials still issued a statement to prosecute Wendeng. Once he is convicted of 'Plotting to cover up the public's diesel emissions cheating,' he will bear a maximum of 5 years imprisonment and 250,000. USD fine, or 20 years imprisonment and 25,000 USD fine.
The U.S. Attorney General even made the following remarks: 'If you try to fool the United States, then you will pay a heavy price.'
This meant joining the public in 1993. Now 70-year-old Wendell will face an 'unpleasant old age' even if he resigns.
In fact, Wendyn is a German citizen. The U.S. prosecution of Wendorn may be symbolic. He will not be bound by U.S. law. If the situation deteriorates, he can also seek protection under the German Extradition Act. But Vinnd is also Accept the investigation by the German authorities.
According to Wendorn's lawyer, Wendorn promised to the German parliamentarians in January 2017 that: He did not know the news of cheating in advance. If he realizes this, he has already stopped.
A spokesman for the Volkswagen Group also commented on Wendeng’s allegations, saying that the public will continue to cooperate with the German government’s investigation and will not comment on the allegations of the US judicial department.
Second, more than one person was charged
In addition to Wendeng, five people were also charged.
They were Neusser, a member of the Volkswagen Brand Management Committee, Jens Hadler and Richard Dorenkamp, former head of engine development, and Bernd Gottweis, former head of quality management. Jurgen Peter, head of Volkswagen's quality management and product safety department also participated.
All of them were accused of deliberately manipulating the emission standards after knowing that the public had cheated.
Former executives from all regions participating in the 'Exit Door' of the public also had three more serious cases of criminal punishment.
On September 9, 2016, the former Volkswagen Group engineer, James Robert Liang, pleaded guilty to the US Department of Justice in Detroit. He admitted that he had developed equipment suspected of cheating on tail gas emissions during his work at Volkswagen AG and violated the Clean Air Act.
In his guilty plea, he admitted that he was very clear that the so-called 'clean diesel' marketing strategy used by Volkswagen Group to promote diesel vehicles in the United States was a downright 'big lie'.
On January 6, 2017, Seoul South Korea’s Central District Court sentenced an executive of the Volkswagen Group’s Korean company to one year and six months’ imprisonment for offences: The executive had intentionally forged off-gas emissions in order to obtain an imported vehicle license. And noise test files.
South Korea used to be one of the fastest-growing markets for Volkswagen Group's auto sales, but Volkswagen was once suspended in South Korea after the explosion.
On December 6, 2017, Oliver Schmidt, the original executive and engineer of the Volkswagen Group in the United States, was sentenced to 7 years in prison by the United States court and a fine of 400,000 US dollars for his involvement in automobile emissions.
However, Schmidt explained to the judge that he was used by the Volkswagen Group in the 'emission gate' incident or the 'diesel gate' incident.
Until today, the U.S. judiciary and relevant German agencies continued their investigations of the people involved in the 'emission gate'.
Third, when is the 'drainage door'?
The cause of Volkswagen's "emission gate" dates back to September 18, 2015.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accused Germany’s Volkswagen Group of installing illegal software in its production vehicles and deliberately evades US automobile exhaust emission regulations. The actual pollutant emissions of some vehicles can be up to 40 times the legal standard.
When the public faced 'a serious violation of the United States' "Clean Air Act," the formal recognition of mistakes, triggering the Volkswagen Group global confidence crisis.
Immediately after changing the blood of the Volkswagen Group, they faced even more severe global “oversight” of the Volkswagen Group.
The public also faced huge compensation, large-scale recalls to repair TDI diesel engines, South Korea's suspension of sales of Volkswagen vehicles, US suspension of sale of VW diesels and other 'punishments', 'cutting off' 40 new car plans, and discontinued Phaeton’s production, which is also for the future development of the public. Cause heavy losses.
In the just-concluded Beijing auto show booth, an IDVizzion pure electric vehicle is particularly eye-catching. This is part of the Volkswagen '2025 Project'. Before 2025, Volkswagen will launch 30 pure electric vehicles, accounting for 20% of the total public sales volume - 25%.
Do people rely on new energy to save their destiny when diesel vehicles hit hard?
On May 3 of this year, Volkswagen Group again emphasized the 2025 strategy at the annual general meeting held in Berlin. Dr. Diss, the CEO of the new group, stated: 'The plan to accelerate cultural change has been launched and the critical period of our transition has not yet arrived. '
However, this 'recovery of the past in the future' may not be able to get rid of all parties' continued investigations and claims against the 'emission gate'.
Car gather together
The area with less impact on the 'emission gate' will count the Chinese market.
Since the 'discharge door' involved all models equipped with diesel engines, China only involved imports of 1950 units. After completing the patch and continuing on the road, domestic public sales in 2016 continued to increase steadily.
However, the follow-up fermentation events of the 'discharge door' and domestic mass recall incidents have caused more consumers to no longer believe in 'holy cars' and paid more attention to their own car needs.
The former senior executives have been prosecuted one after another. Does this mean that the Volkswagen Group is 'cleaning up the portal' to cover up the truth? Instead of using the '2025 strategy' to cover up the past in a high profile, it is better to face the 'discharge door' and prevent the 'XX door'.
Finally, give the public an old-fashioned saying: The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.
