A renowned cost-cutter, Diess took over from Matthias Mueller on Thursday
The supervisory board would seek to bring works council executive Gunnar Kilian onto the company's management board to try to secure backing for Diess and his plans, said sources
Worldwide sales of the group's cars, trucks and buses jumped 4.3 per cent to 10.7 million vehicles in 2017
Proposals by European Commission for progressive cuts in carmakers' average carbon dioxide emissions by 2025 and 2030 will cause us real pain, says Volkswagen CEO
The German automaker has agreed to spend $800 million in California
The raid was related to suspicions of overpayments for works council chief Bernd Osterloh, the spokesman said. Osterloh's office was also searched
Volkswagen in July said that an initial public offering of its trucks business had no priority at the moment
Volkswagen is struggling to put the two-year-old "Dieselgate" scandal behind it, and working to transform itself to mass-market electric cars
Shares in the German carmaker fell as much as 3% on Friday
After cooperation talks with India's Tata Motors failed
A broader move by Volkswagen to create a holding structure could unlock an incremental 50 billion euros in value
The world's largest automaker by sales said on Monday it will roll out 80 new electric cars
Volkswagen is betting that the T-Roc can still pay off despite its late arrival
Volkswagen is in the process of recalling several million cars across the globe
further blow to Volkswagen's efforts to develop a cheap vehicle platform for Asian markets
US prosecutors have charged eight current and former Volkswagen executives
To reduce harmful emissions, as the country's auto industry is racked by overlapping scandals
Volkswagen and Opel declined to comment
The scandal has cost it 22.6 billion euros ($24.6 billion) in fines and other expenses so far
Company says report was incorporated in the "statement of facts" published by the Justice Department