Martin Winterkorn, former CEO of the German car manufacturer Volkswagen, arrives for questioning at an investigation committee of the German federal parliament in Berlin, Germany, in January 2017. Michael Sohn/AP hide caption
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Reacquired Volkswagen and Audi diesel cars sit in a desert graveyard near Victorville, Calif., on Wednesday. Volkswagen AG has paid more than $7.4 billion to buy back about 350,000 vehicles, the automaker said in a recent court filing. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters hide caption
To meet EU air pollution targets, Germany may make public transit free in cities struggling with poor air quality. Here, a Munich traffic jam in 2007. Johannes Simon/Getty Images hide caption
Volkswagen executive Oliver Schmidt was sentenced to 7 years in prison for conspiring to evade U.S. clean air laws. AP hide caption
Mayor Anne Hidalgo has called for an end to gas-powered vehicles in Paris by 2030, in favor of biking, transit, and electric cars. Here, cyclists and pedestrians on the Champs- Élysées during the city's "day without cars" on Oct. 1. Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Unsold cars, used and new, are unloaded from tractor-trailers into a parking lot south of Madrid. It's one of the biggest sales areas for used cars and scrap metal near the Spanish capital. Vendors say they're anticipating difficulty selling diesel cars, now that Madrid and other European capitals have announced plans to ban them. Lauren Frayer for NPR hide caption
In Madrid, A Plan To Fight Pollution By Shifting Away From Diesel-Run Cars
Kim Johnson of Ridgefield, Conn., says her 2014 Jetta lost more than $1,000 in value because, once fixed, it will no longer get the advertised mileage. Charles Lane/WSHU hide caption