Autos: VW seeks fresh leadership

Volkswagen’s board this week “abruptly ended the tenure” of its CEO, said Christoph Rauwald in Bloomberg.com. Matthias Mueller was appointed in September 2015, days after the company admitted to having cheated on diesel emissions tests and installed illegal software in 11 million vehicles. Mueller, who still had two years remaining on his contract, was described internally as a “reluctant leader,” while his replacement, VW brand chief Herbert Diess, is seen as a leader “who can implement deeper changes.” Crucially, Diess, unlike Mueller, “was not at the automaker when the diesel cheating began.”