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Cash for Clunkers By the Numbers

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Cash for Clunkers sales by manufacturer. The US Cash for Clunkers program (CARS) ended Tuesday night with 690,114 dealer transaction submitted worth $2,877.9 California had the largest voucher dollar amount requested: $326,822,000, or 11.3% Click to enlarge. mpg: a 58% improvement. Ford Windstar FWD Van.

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Report: Dealers Worried About Getting EV Refunds From the Government

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According to a report from Automotive News , dealers are getting worked up about the prospect of not receiving money swiftly enough — mimicking some of the hardships endured during the Cash-for-Clunkers period. Since some of that isn’t settled yet, dealers are getting anxious. Car dealers are asset rich and cash poor.

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Cash for clunkers: a summary

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The US Cash for Clunkers scheme ran out of cash on Tuesday with 690,114 dealer transactions submitted. The state that requested the largest share of the cash for clunkers cash was California with 11.3 So did it achieve its objectives? Let’s look at the evidence.

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GM Launches Trial of Sales on eBay

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Starting tomorrow and running through 8 September, GM is running a test program for online car sales on eBay in California at gm.ebay.com. With more than 225 GM dealers in California participating, shoppers can at any given time expect to see a selection of up to 20,000 new GM vehicles, according to the company.