VW says 2014 diesel test warnings did not get CEO's attention
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VOLKSWAGEN'S former chief executive officer was alerted to problems with US diesel emissions tests in 2014, but the issue "did not initially receive particular attention at the management levels", the German carmaker said on Wednesday.
A memo was sent to former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn in May 2014 about a study by US researchers that raised questions about whether Volkswagen diesel cars were emitting more smog-creating pollutants in real-world driving than in standard government tests, the company said in a statement that summarised its response to a shareholder lawsuit in Germany.
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