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ASU research finds that Cash for Clunkers rebates were too high to prompt car upgrades

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The Car Allowance Rebate System, which cost the government $3 billion and was dubbed “Cash for Clunkers,” was so popular that it ran for only a few weeks in the summer before running out of money. The data included more than 320,000 real vehicle transactions completed under Cash for Clunkers. —Michael Wiles.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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When our country was attacked at Pearl Harbor, no one believed we could build 30,000 planes and tanks in just one year. But it will take decades to shift most freight from trucks to trains, design walkable communities, shorten our commutes, and build better mass transit and high-speed rail networks. And no one asked what it would cost.

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Cash for Volts?

Revenge of the Electric Car

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Move over, cash for clunkers. November 16, 2009: 06:01 PM ET. Updated to attribute projection on “smart-grid&# earnings to FERC Chairman.). By Judith Burns. Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES. A coalition of auto makers, battery manufacturers, utility operators and shipping companies wants the U.S.

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Thursday - 1 October 2009. Reporting Out on the Tour de AZ; "Spirit of DC" Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle All Around ARIZONA -- a new PHEV3A

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Per our brief conversing on EV educational tour this afternoon, here's a more descriptive outline of the Tour de AZ: "Spirit of DC" PHEV3Al Tour helpfully with lots of team building to provide needed coordination with some 15 county seats of government as starters per Listing of Arizona Counties as follows: 1. Bisbee, Cochise County 2.

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Labour's £5,000 sweetener to launch electric car revolution | Environment | The Guardian

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The government aims to begin work on a national infrastructure but expects the private sector to take the lead in building the charging networks needed for mass adoption of electric vehicles. Hoon said he was looking at ways of contributing to the mayors £60m plan. Money Music The Observer Politics Science Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk

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US VP Biden outlines 3-part plan to have 1M advanced technology vehicles on US roads by 2015

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The President is proposing to transform the existing $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicles into a rebate that will be available to all consumers immediately at the point of sale, similar to “Cash for Clunkers”.

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Poll: 81% of Americans Oppose Gas Tax Hike To Encourage Sales of More Efficient Cars

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Americans also give mixed reviews to the “Cash for Clunkers” plan now moving through Congress that would give car owners up to $4,500 toward the purchase of a new, more fuel-efficient car if they turn in their old vehicle. 15% of men support a big tax increase on gasoline to push sales of fuel-efficient cars, compared to 6% of women.

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