Volkswagen Picks Insider to Lead Audi After Tesla Pulls Ahead
- Gernot Döllner to succeed Markus Duesmann from September
- VW CEO Blume earlier said Audi is lagging its own potential
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Volkswagen AG replaced the chief executive officer of its flagging premium brand Audi as Europe’s biggest carmaker seeks to keep up in the electric-car race and reverse a sales slide in China.
VW insider Gernot Döllner will take over leadership of the label from Markus Duesmann in September, Audi said Thursday, confirming an earlier Bloomberg report.