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Four VW execs found guilty in trial that transformed Europe's auto market | TechCrunch

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Four former Volkswagen executives receive prison sentences for their role in emissions-cheating scandal.

Jens Hadler , who oversaw diesel engine development, received the harshest sentence of four and a half years for orchestrating what judges called “particularly serious” fraud.

Volkswagen itself has become Europe ’s leading EV manufacturer, selling three times as many battery-powered cars as Tesla .

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