Porsche’s Jörg Kerner arrested as Dieselgate saga probe goes on
Hamburg — German police arrested the head of powertrain development at Volkswagen’s (VW’s) Porsche business and are holding him on remand because he is considered a flight risk, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. The arrest of Jörg Kerner was related to ongoing inquiries into emissions manipulation at Volkswagen, more than two years after the German car maker admitted cheating on US exhaust tests, the person said. A spokesperson for Porsche declined to comment. Kerner was one of three current or former employees of Porsche that prosecutors were targeting when they searched offices at Porsche and its sister brand Audi earlier this week, a spokesperson for the Stuttgart public prosecutor’s office said. Those three, as well as Porsche itself, were suspected of having known that engines developed by Audi had been manipulated, Porsche CEO Oliver Blume told staff in a memo, excerpts of which were seen by Reuters on Friday. "We reject these allegations and will do our utmost...
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