Green Cars News
MAY 21, 2009
The scrappage scheme is only a few days old here in the UK and it has already come under fire. In Germany the credit has enticed customers to buy vehicles such as the Ford Ka, which achieves up to 56mpg, because it is part of a larger government plan that also includes tax based on carbon emissions.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 23, 2009
Policies could have a large impact through reducing the need to travel and promoting walking, cycling, public transport and efficient driving, as well as encouraging low carbon cars. It also discusses fuel taxes and prices, which affect both travel and vehicle choices. But there is a bigger picture. Robert Gross, lead author.
Green Cars News
APRIL 22, 2009
According to his plans, vehicles that are aged over 10 years old and have been driven by motorists for more than 12 months will be worth £2,000 when traded in for a new car as part of the Government’s new scrappage scheme which takes much of its inspiration from a highly successful format in Germany.
Green Car Congress
JULY 26, 2017
To help bus companies and local authorities in England to put more than 1,200 new low carbon buses on the roads. The UK Government has allocated a ring-fenced £100 million for an Air Quality Fund available through to 2021 for Highways England to help improve air quality on its network. 89M – Green Bus Fund. 11M – Air Quality Grant.
Green Cars News
APRIL 30, 2009
Increasing company car benefit in kind tax in the future for all but the lowest carbon cars. Introducing a vehicle scrappage scheme. Confirming the recently announced support for ultra low carbon Cars and infrastructure. Company Car Tax. Confirming and extending the overhaul of Vehicle Excise Duty Rates.
Green Cars News
JULY 28, 2009
Having already adjusted its road tax system to penalise the heaviest polluters and introduced congestion charges; the Government created a vehicle scrappage scheme earlier this year meant to help more motorists make green choices while boosting the automotive sector. Now it seems that its efforts have been rewarded.
Drive Electric
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
We note that the Sustainable Business Council’s Low Carbon Freight Pathway, reflected in the CCC’s final advice, has shown that we can be much more ambitious. We support the SBC’s Low Carbon Freight Group’s work, and encourage the development of a National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy as a matter of priority. Scrappage schemes .
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