Volkswagen Names New Boss Amid Emissions Scandal

In a press conference, he said he is “grateful” to Volkswagen’s board for the confidence it has shown in him, and claimed he will do everything he can do to regain the public’s trust in the brand.

He said after being appointed to the job that “we stand by our responsibility”.

Mueller, who will remain Porsche’s chairman until the company finds a successor, said Volkswagen “has the opportunity to emerge from this crisis stronger than before”. The decision has been taken after the carmaker’s CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned on Wednesday.

Following the appointment of Winterkorn as Volkswagen Group boss in 2007, Mueller was named by Winterkorn as head of product management of the Volkswagen Group and the VW brand as well as General Representative of the Volkswagen Group.

And EPA would not stop there, she said.

“A small group has done damage to our company… we need a climate where mistakes are not hidden”. Analysts hope the affected models will be announced before the end of Friday.

Consumers in the United States and Europe have flooded VW dealerships with questions about repairs, whether their vehicles will lose value and whether their cars’ performance will be diminished with any changes to their engines.

Volkswagen (VLKAY) programmed software to make the cars appear cleaner than they were when being tested.

Germany’s transport ministry said it would send a fact-finding committee to Volkswagen this week. It said that “the BMW Group does not manipulate or rig any emissions tests”.

Germany, Italy and France are among the countries known to be investigating, and the commission says their probes would include carmakers beyond VW.

In Sacramento, California, that state’s top air quality regulator said her agency is preparing a series of actions against Volkswagen in response to the company’s admission that it cheated on tailpipe pollution tests. They would complement the lab tests now used.

The company also said it was suspending a few employees and would reorganize its North America operations after admitting it had cheated on diesel auto emissions tests in the USA through a piece of software.