Volkswagen Elects New Supervisory Board Chairman

WOLFSBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 07: Wolfgang Porsche, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Porsche Automobil Holding, which has a major stake in Volkswagen, speaks to the media after Volkswagen board members elected Hans Dieter Poetsch as new chairman of the supervisory board of Volkswagen Group at Volkswagen headquarters on October 7, 2015 in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen, struggling to reassert itself following the diesel engines software scandal, is shuffling board members among new finctions. The software, which Volkswagen purposefully installed in order to manipulate diesel emissions results under testiung conditons, affects 11 million Volkswagen cars worldwide and the revelation by the U.S. Environmental Protections Agency (EPA) that it exists has plunged Volkswagen into its deepest crisis in its history. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)