(Bloomberg) — Volkswagen AG's chief executive officer said the automaker is sticking to investment plans and continues to view the U.S. as a core market, ahead of critical meetings this week with government officials over its admission that it rigged emission tests on its so-called clean diesel vehicles.
"We are totally committed to making things right," CEO Matthias Mueller said Sunday in a speech in Detroit before the North American International Auto Show. "We know we deeply disappointed our customers, the responsible government bodies and the general public here in the U.S. I apologize for what went wrong at Volkswagen."
Europe's largest automaker is in the midst of complex talks with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency about possible fixes for about 480,000 diesel cars with 2-liter engines. Mueller confirmed Sunday that it may be possible to fix as many as about 430,000 vehicles by adding a newly-developed SCR catalytic converter, though the actual number could vary and depends on the EPA's approval.
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