VW extends dirty-diesel bonus in Germany; 8 percent traded for new electric car

Volkswagen TDI diesel cars stored at Pontiac Silverdome (Photo by Jalopnik)A scrappage scheme in Germany launched by Volkswagen to take the dirtiest diesels off the road has been extended beyond its planned end date of this month. Two years after the diesel emissions scandal that cost it over $25 billion, Volkswagen is extending an incentive program aimed at owners of diesels certified under the older Euro 1 through Euro...