Automakers

VW culture to blame for silence over emissions scandal, ex-manager says in trial

VW Wolfsburg plant with sign
VW's plant in Wolfsburg, Germany is pictured. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg)
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Reuters
September 23, 2021 01:09 PM

BRUNSWICK, Germany -- A former Volkswagen manager, who is on trial over the automaker's emissions-cheating scandal, blamed company culture on Thursday for his and others' silence on the matter but said he would have acted differently had he known the consequences.

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