Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

After the “clunker” was traded in, its engine was destroyed. 677,842 clunkers were traded in between 1 July 2009 and 24 August 2009 as part of the program, which issued $2.85 miles per gallon (9.4 billion in vouchers; NHTSA concluded that the new vehicles purchased under the program averaged 24.9 l/100 km), compared to the 15.8

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Burton Abrams and George Parsons of the University of Delaware evaluated the efficiency of the recently concluded Cash for Clunkers (CARS) program and concluded that the cost exceeds the benefit by approximately $2,000 per vehicle, or close to $1.4 2009) Climate change and health costs of air emissions from biofuels and gasoline.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Thanks to the strong financial incentives offered by the Cash-For-Clunkers program , the average gas mileage of new vehicles sold in the U.S. during August reached a record high: 23 miles per gallon, up 8 percent from the 21.2 mpg in August 2008.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

Over time, we can conserve by reducing the miles we drive. That means we’ll be powering some miles with increasingly renewable electricity that isn't made from imported oil. While we’re fixing vehicles, we can also equip them with low-cost real-time MPG indicators that show us how to save money and still get to places quickly.

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