Published: July 28th, 2022,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Right in the middle of the factory-wide vacation in Wolfsburg, the news about the change of leadership at Volkswagen dropped on late Friday afternoon. For the previous VW CEO Herbert Diess, at least according to VW circles, it came as a shock. He was well aware that some employees were upset with him and that he still had not solved some crucial problems. But the decision to remove him from his position came without warning.