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Re:Volkswagen Emissions Investigation Zeroes in on Two Engin... by jandrese on Monday October 05, 2015 @07:34PM (#10335748)
A top aide to the CEO sounds like exactly the kind of person who would be the fall guy in a scandal like this. Important enough for the regulators to be happy, but not someone who has actual power in the company.
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Re:Volkswagen Emissions Investigation Zeroes in on Two Engin... by ecdavis on Monday October 05, 2015 @08:28PM (#10336007)
> not someone who has actual power in the company.

Two men are named in the article. One is on the Audi board of management. The other is on the Porsche board of management.

I understand where the cynicism comes from, I really do, but it's exhausting to wade through all the uninformed naysaying in this discussion. The above information took me less than a minute to find.

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Re:Volkswagen Emissions Investigation Zeroes in on Two Engin... by URSpider94 on Monday October 05, 2015 @11:36PM (#10336623)
Did you read the article? These two were "put in charge of R&D at Volkswagen." They were literally running the R&D department!
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Re:Volkswagen Emissions Investigation Zeroes in on Two Engin... by robbiep on Monday October 05, 2015 @10:49PM (#10336486)
The ceo has already fallen on his sword at volkswagon
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Re:Volkswagen Emissions Investigation Zeroes in on Two Engin... by petra on Monday October 05, 2015 @11:05PM (#10336524)
Not really. In a case like this people will likely go to jail, so resigning isn't a big deal.
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Re:Volkswagen Emissions Investigation Zeroes in on Two Engin... by yAnonymous on Tuesday October 06, 2015 @03:37AM (#10337257)
* resigning with a 30 million payout
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Re:Volkswagen Emissions Investigation Zeroes in on Two Engin... by jandrese on Friday October 09, 2015 @01:29PM (#10361781)
I thought he just deployed his golden parachute before the shit hit the fan?
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