VW CEO to join Merkel on China trip, update on emissions probe: source

Berlin

VOLKSWAGEN'S new head, Matthias Mueller, will update German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the carmaker's internal investigation into an emissions-rigging scandal during a trip to China, a person close to the matter told Reuters.

Five weeks after it admitted to rigging US diesel emissions tests, Volkswagen is struggling to get to the bottom of a scandal that has wiped more than a quarter off its stock market value, forced out its long-time CEO and rocked both the global car industry and the German establishment.