Audi CEO Stadler is under investigation for second time due to exhaust fumes

Foreign media recently disclosed that two people familiar with the matter said that Audi CEO Rupert Stadler will be investigated by the US law firm Jones Day again after the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

Audi cars were recently accused of using another new software to cheat on exhaust emissions. Volkswagen admitted on November 13 that some Audi automatic transmission models tampered with actual emissions in exhaust gas tests.

A federal court in Chicago accused Audi on November 8 of installing "cheating" software in emissions tests in order to pass emissions tests since 2003 or earlier. The models involved in Audi's "cheating" this time are A6, Q5, A8 and Q7 . As of May this year, Audi managers also encouraged the installation of "cheating" software on gasoline models.

Jones Day, a U.S. law firm hired by Volkswagen last year to help investigate the "Emissions Gate" scandal, questioned Stadler in September and found no evidence linking him to the scandal.

When asked whether Stadler, who has run the Audi brand for nearly a decade and became a member of Volkswagen 's executive board in 2010 , would be investigated again by Jones Day over the Audi cheating software issue, one of the people familiar with the matter said yes.

As Volkswagen 's emissions scandal is about to reach a final settlement in the United States, the negative impact is gradually waning. Another investigation into Stadler is undoubtedly another blow to Volkswagen and Audi . The date of the investigation into Stadler is currently unknown.

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