The Capital Committeemarket of the United States (SEC from the Securities and Exchange Commission) investigates the name “Volt car” of Volkswagen to find out if the trick affected her price of the auto industry stock and if any law was broken, according with Der Spiegel.
The new name was announced on March 29, when the US subsidiary Volkswagen "accidentally" published a draft press release for change of the local name companys to Voltswagen for its promotion of electric vehicles.
Some newsgraphics agencies published the news και η εταιρεία κυκλοφόρησε ένα επίσημο δελτίο τύπου στις 30 Μαρτίου, το οποίο συμπεριελάμβανε αποσπάσματα από τον διευθύνοντα σύμβουλο της Volkswagen της Αμερικής Scott Keogh που ισχυριζόταν ότι η αλλαγή θα γίνει πραγματικά.
Eventually, as it turned out, it was an April Fool's joke and a lot of agencies news – including him Associated Press they reproduced the news.
Volkswagen's share price rose as much as 12,5 percent in that phase, equivalent to billionmillions dollars on market value.
So the SEC wants to know what really happened, or what laws could have been violated by VW.
