Green Car Reports
MAY 5, 2020
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.
Green Car Reports
MAY 5, 2020
And should Cash for Clunkers look directly at tailpipe emissions for a reboot? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Volkswagen is thinking of creating a new brand around its most affordable EVs. Garbage trucks are going all-electric, too. Given the.
Green Car Reports
MAY 9, 2020
Sales of which electric car plunged the steepest leading into the U.S. This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending May 8, 2020. pandemic slowdown? Which automaker reaffirmed its commitment to hydrogen fuel cells?
Green Cars News
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
At the height of the recession in 2008-2009, the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), also known as the "cash for clunkers" program (a similar concept was launched in the UK known as the scrappage scheme) was introduced in the USA to drive new sales and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Latest News Green cars'
Green Cars News
AUGUST 27, 2009
The US Cash for Clunkers scheme ran out of cash on Tuesday with 690,114 dealer transactions submitted. According to official statistics, 84 per cent of consumers traded in trucks and 59 per cent purchased passenger cars. The state that requested the largest share of the cash for clunkers cash was California with 11.3
Green Cars News
AUGUST 18, 2009
The Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS for short, or ‘cash for clunkers’ as it is more commonly known) was the US’s answer to the scrappage schemes in Germany and the UK which appeared to have revitalised their respective automotive sectors. So is this scheme green at all? Faye Sunderland.
Green Cars News
JULY 5, 2009
The US appears set to follow the UK’s lead with its own version of the vehicle scrappage scheme known as the Car Allowance Rebate System - or CARS for short. The programme, which has been dubbed ‘cash for clunkers’, was signed into law on June 24 with issuance expected to occur on July 23.
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