Dear reader,
no surprise in Munich-Stadelheim: After 2.5 years of diesel fraud process, ex-Audi boss Rupert Stadler (60) a condemned man. But he doesn’t have to go to jail.
The judgment against Stadler was not the only important diesel decision of the week. A day earlier, on Monday, the Federal Court of Justice had the edge for Schadensersatzforderungen gegen Automobilhersteller wide open.
The past will not let go of the industry and especially its diesel epicenter Volkswagen. But the present and future also worry many in Wolfsburg, as our topics of the week show:
How Ralf Brandstätter wants to save VW in China
Why Volkswagen is turning its loading daughter Elli inside out
Why a new flying summer of terror is imminent