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Porsches Postponed by Buggy Software Cost VW’s CEO His Job

Herbert Diess knew over-the-air updates were becoming as important as zero-to-60 times, but struggled to execute.

VW Ousts CEO Diess, Porsche’s Blume Named Successor

July 25, 2022 at 8:00 AM EDT

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It says a lot about the state of the auto industry and where it's going that software problems have cost the CEO of a carmaker his job.