German authorities no longer treat Volkswagen’s dieselgate scandal as a gentlemen’s offense, like they have done so since after the scandal erupted nearly two years ago. Earlier in the week, suspended Audi diesel engine engineer Giovanni Pamio was arrested by Munich’s prosecutors, Germany’s BILD and Spiegel Magazin wrote today. Spiegel Magazin identified the Audi manager only as Giovanni P. , as it is common in German media when reporting on criminal cases. After Weiss implicated Pamio in court, Audi fired four engineers that held leading positions in its diesel technology divisions, Handelsblatt wrote. With the help of urea, also called AdBlue, they were able to bring Nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions of their cars to allowable levels.

Source: Forbes July 07, 2017 09:11 UTC