BERLIN: German auto giant Volkswagen on Thursday named Herbert Diess as its new chief executive, replacing Matthias Mueller, as the one-time paragon of German industry seeks to turn the page on the “dieselgate” emissions scandal that has dogged it since 2015.

Originally contracted to serve until 2020, Mueller was stepping down “by mutual agreement, effective immediately,” VW said in a statement released after a meeting of its supervisory board.

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