Dozens of individuals remain under investigation in Germany, including former chief executive Matthias Müller, who took over from Winterkorn, present boss Herbert Diess and supervisory board chairman Dieter Pötsch. And shareholders are pursuing the company in court for up to € 9 billion of compensation for their losses in the days after the scandal went public, while more than 410,000 German car owners are demanding compensation in a first-of-its-kind mass action lawsuit in Germany. Beyond the legal consequences, the scandal has jolted the auto industry, Germany's largest with around 800,000 employees. Other manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler have found themselves accused of cheating. VW is making a massive shift to electric vehicles in response to both dieselgate and tougher EU carbon emissions rules set to bite from next year.