EU may change emissions tests laws

The EU could introduce tougher car emissions tests following the Volkswagen rigging scandal, said senior European officials.

The German carmaker named company veteran Matthias Mueller as new CEO on Friday in an attempt to get to grips with a crisis that its chairman described as “a moral and political disaster”.

The appointment came as Swiss authorities said they were suspending sales of Volkswagen brand diesel vehicles that could contain devices capable of cheating emissions tests, including Audi, Seat, and Skoda vehicles built between 2009 and 2014. They said this could affect 180,000 vehicles.