Piech Queried Winterkorn on VW Scandal in March 2015, Bild Says
- The newspaper says the former chairman was rebuffed by ex-CEO
- Scandal may have precipitated Piech’s breaking with Winterkorn
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Former Volkswagen AG Supervisory Board Chairman Ferdinand Piech tried unsuccessfully to query ex-Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn about the emissions scandal a month before the two had a public falling out, Bild am Sonntag reported.
Piech has told U.S. law firm Jones Day, which is conducting the automaker’s internal probe, that he attempted to question Winterkorn in March of 2015 about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s investigation into the carmaker’s emissions, the German newspaper said. At the meeting following the Geneva auto show, Winterkorn rebuffed Piech’s questioning, responding that he had it all under control, according to Bild.