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VW indicates investigation won’t spare top managers

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2015 file photo Volkswagen ornaments sit in a box in a scrap yard in Berlin, Germany. Volkswagen said Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015 that a problem with carbon dioxide emissions is far smaller than initially suspected, with further checks finding "slight discrepancies" in only a few models and no evidence of illegal changes to fuel consumption and emissions figures. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)
FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2015 file photo Volkswagen ornaments sit in a box in a scrap yard in Berlin, Germany. Volkswagen said Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015 that a problem with carbon dioxide emissions is far smaller than initially suspected, with further checks finding "slight discrepancies" in only a few models and no evidence of illegal changes to fuel consumption and emissions figures. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)

By Associated Press 1 min read

WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) – Volkswagen’s chairman indicates that the investigation into the German carmaker’s emissions scandal won’t spare top managers.

In a news conference at the company headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, Hans Dieter Poetsch said “we are relentlessly searching for those responsible for what happened and you may rest assured we will bring these persons to account.”

He added Thursday: “This is not only about direct but overall responsibility.”

Poetsch said that the company still believes that a relatively small number was actively involved in the manipulation of emissions.