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DEC and NYSERDA announce $24M in Volkswagen Settlement Funds to support electric transit buses in environmental justice communities

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New York’s State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that more than $24 million is now available to replace diesel-powered transit buses with new all-electric transit buses. As part of the state’s $127.7-million As part of the state’s $127.7-million

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CARB launching second round of Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project with $130M

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The project’s relaunch, scheduled to begin in July 2022, will have $130 million in available funds. Those who qualify will be provided vouchers by CORE for point-of-sale discounts on off-road equipment, up to a maximum of $500,000 per voucher, and will not have to retire or sell their existing ICE equipment (called a “scrappage” requirement).

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U.S. Car Population Surges As Sales Soar, While Scrappage Falls

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As new, more-efficient cars become available, older models must eventually be taken off the road for a genuine reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions to occur. Yet while U.S. consumers are purchasing plenty of those new cars, they''re still keeping the old ones around. The number of cars on U.S.

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Canada’s only privately-funded electric vehicle incentive is helping car buyers make the switch

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An extension to the program, called the Scrappage Incentive, was added in February 2020, granting drivers an additional $1,000 if they also scrap their old gas car. Brigham Foundation, to strengthen Ontario’s used EV marketplace and to make EVs available to everyone,” said Clairman.

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Volkswagen to offer incentive in Germany of up to €10,000 to scrap Euro 1-4 diesels

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In addition, Volkswagen is offering a future incentive of between €1,000 and €2,380 (US$1,181 to $2,812) to customers purchasing a vehicle with an electric, hybrid or natural gas powertrain. Natural gas. The Volkswagen environmental and future incentives are available for a limited time up to 31 December 2017. Powertrain.

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Ford to sweeten scrappage deal – but is it green?

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Unsurprisingly there is still frenzied interest in the announcement of a vehicle scrappage scheme by Alistair Darling as part of his 2009 Budget. This additional help is only available on Ford’s larger vehicles - not its most fuel efficient models. Or does the vehicle scrappage scheme hit the mark regardless? Sound good?

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Average CO2 emissions from new cars in the EU dropped by 3.7% last year

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The data are now available to car manufacturers for review before formal validation by the Commission. The decrease in average emissions in 2010 was lower than in 2009 (5.1%); the results in 2009 were possibly influenced by the economic crisis and the scrappage schemes in some member states. drop compared to last year.

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