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Tesla offers £4,000 “cash for clunkers” trade-in for new EVs

The Driven EV News

Perhaps Australia could revisit its "cash for clunkers" scheme in EV age. The post Tesla offers £4,000 “cash for clunkers” trade-in for new EVs appeared first on The Driven. Tesla has launched a scrappage program in UK to help take older polluting vehicles off the road.

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Would a Cash for Clunkers program speed up electric vehicle adoption?

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A Cash for Clunkers program would see EV buyers retire their gas cars for a cash incentive rather than a trade-in. The post Would a Cash for Clunkers program speed up electric vehicle adoption? Would it be more effective?

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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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Commentary: Emissions–not gas mileage–should be foundation for Cash for Clunkers reboot

Green Car Reports

Back in 2009, the $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program, or Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), offered $3,500 to $4,500 for older vehicles up to 25 years old regardless of the condition provided consumers replaced it with a new, more fuel-efficient one.

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Brookings analysts recommend against repeating cash for clunkers program in future recession

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Paper: Cash for Clunkers: An Evaluation of the Car Allowance Rebate System Policy brief: The Car Allowance Rebate System: Evaluation and Lessons for the Future. —Gayer and Parker brief. Emissions Fuel Efficiency Policy'

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Electric garbage truck, Cash for Clunkers reboot, VW EV brand: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

And should Cash for Clunkers look directly at tailpipe emissions for a reboot? Volkswagen is thinking of creating a new brand around its most affordable EVs. Garbage trucks are going all-electric, too. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Does it make sense for Volkswagen to create a new brand for its affordable electric vehicles?

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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 Click to enlarge. Eighty-four percent of consumers traded in trucks and 59% purchased passenger cars. The average fuel economy of the vehicles traded in was 15.8