Chairman of the Board of Management (CEO), Porsche Automobil Holding
Search every verified Hans Pötsch interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Hans Dieter Pötsch, Chairman of the Board of Management at Porsche Automobil Holding, addressed the Volkswagen emissions crisis in a November 2015 press conference, stating that "the whole chain of mistakes was not interrupted at any point along the timeline." He noted that an initial estimate of a two billion euro negative impact on earnings from a CO2 issue had not been confirmed. Pötsch also said that the internal audit had identified flaws in processes, reporting, and infrastructure, and that the company was implementing measures to address them. In October 2015, after being elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG, Pötsch said he would "do everything to ensure that the incidents are fully clarified" and that his core task was to help restore trust from customers, the public, investors, and business partners. In a 2011 keynote, Pötsch discussed Volkswagen's strategy, including the use of modular toolkits to reduce costs and complexity, and projected substantial growth in China with over 10 billion euros in investment planned by 2015. He also described synergies from the integration of Porsche into the Volkswagen Group, estimating potential savings of 700 million euros per year starting in 2013.
“The key finding is that we are not talking about a one-off mistake but a whole chain of mistakes that was not interrupted at any point along the timeline. We regrettably have to recognize that the developers involved in the EA 189 project quite simply could not find a way to meet the tougher NOx limits in the United St...”
“When it comes to thresholds, we need the courage to be more honest. Obviously, growing industry-wide discrepancies between the official emissions data and real life levels are no longer acceptable. We need to break new ground here.”
“The key finding is that we are not talking about a one-off mistake but a whole chain of mistakes that was not interrupted at any point along the timeline. Regrettably we have to recognize that the developers involved in the EA 189 project quite simply could not find a way to meet the tougher NOx limits in the United St...”
“When it comes to thresholds we need the courage to be more honest. Industry-wide discrepancies between the official emissions data and real life levels are no longer acceptable. For Volkswagen we need to break new ground here.”
“The key finding is that we are not talking about a one-off mistake but the whole chain of mistakes was not interrupted at any point along the timeline.”
“it is estimated two billion euro negative impact on earnings initially attributed to the CO2 issue has not been confirmed that is good news for the Volkswagen.”
“there is some truth in that still we believe there will be substantial growth in China and that it's one of the reasons why Volkswagen up and until the year 2015 is going to invest more than 10 billion euros into that market”
“there is huge synergies in this combination we call it the integrated Automotive Group and it makes for example to Porsche also available everything which is available under the Volkswagen roof in terms of the most environmentally friendly power trains and a lot of other things we believe the synergetic potential could...”
Press Conference on the current status of the clarification process concerning the diesel issue and on the realignment of the Group
Press Conference on the current status of the clarification process concerning the diesel issue and on the realignment of the Group
2015 Volkswagen AG Press Conference Hans Dieter Pötsch Speech. More on http://www.autoemotionen.tv/
Der Aufsichtsrat der Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft hat Hans Dieter Pötsch (64) mit sofortiger Wirkung zum Vorsitzenden des Aufsichtsrates gewählt. Zum Nachfolger Pötschs als Vorstand des Geschäftsbereichs ‚Finanzen und Controlling‘ bestellte das Gremium Frank Witter (56), bisher Vorstandsvorsitzender der Volkswagen Financial Services AG. Pötsch sagte im Anschluss an die Sitzung: „Ich bin dem Aufsichtsrat dankbar für das Vertrauen, das in meiner Wahl zum Ausdruck kommt. Ich werde alles tun, damit die Vorgänge restlos aufgeklärt werden. Ich will und ich werde meinen Beitrag leisten, damit das Ve…
Pressekonferenz mit einem Statement von Hans Dieter Pötsch (neuer VW-Aufsichtsratschef) zum VW-Abgasskandal.
KEYNOTE: Hans Dieter Pötsch , How to Achieve Global Car Manufacturer , GCF 2011 -01-24.
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