Bosch boss Volkmar Denner under pressure
Volkswagen is considering legal action against its supplier Bosch.
WolfsburgAfter billions in costs for the settlement of the diesel scandal checks Volkswagen According to a “mirror” report claims for damages against Bosch. VW see his supplier in the Joint responsibility for damages incurred, the news magazine reported, citing group circles. The scandal cost Volkswagen already over 28 billion euros.
Bosch had supplied VW with the basic version of the software, which was widely used to manipulate exhaust emissions in diesel cars. The supplier was therefore also targeted by the judiciary.
According to “mirror” VW already prepared the end of 2018 before a lawsuit against Bosch. In the meantime, the corporations agreed on a deadline until the end of March, by which time both companies wanted to decide how to proceed, the magazine wrote.
In a Volkswagen statement, it said only: “We point out that we do not comment on issues that could affect any internal confidential operations.” Bosch in turn said: “Bosch and Volkswagen combines decades of manufacturer-supplier relationship. We can not imagine such a lawsuit against Bosch. “
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Bosch also confirmed that the Stuttgart Public Prosecutor’s Office has in the meantime instituted proceedings against the company in connection with its diesel investigation. Also about the “mirror” had previously reported. The prosecution itself could initially give no information.
Volkswagen had admitted in September 2015, under pressure from the US authorities, to have cheated on a large scale in the exhaust gas purification of diesel engines. The Group has largely completed the legal consequences in North America. But it threatens more trouble about in Germanywhere, inter alia, investor lawsuits run because VW the financial world too late about the looming risks informed of the scandal. The group denies this.
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With the already priced in 28 billion euros, the work-up is far from complete. The Higher Regional Court of Braunschweig is hearing an action brought by the investment company Deka Investment for losses suffered. Behind the model plaintiff are just under 1700 cases, the sum of the claims amounts to about nine billion euros.
More than 400,000 owners of diesel cars with manipulated exhaust control have also joined a pattern-claim suit against VW. When the trial begins is still unclear.
