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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 Eighty-four percent of consumers traded in trucks and 59% purchased passenger cars. mpg and the average fuel economy of vehicles purchased is 24.9

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Study Concludes Cash for Clunkers Program Is an Expensive Way to Reduce Carbon; Paying Nearly 10x the Projected Price of Carbon Credits

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The federal government’s Cash for Clunkers aims to stimulate the economy, provide relief for automobile manufacturers and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Knittel did not analyze the program’s other key objectives: stimulating the economy and providing relief for automobile manufacturers. However, the. pollutants.I

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Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

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Buoyed by the US government’s CARS (“Cash for Clunkers”) program, US auto sales slowed their decline in the US in July, dropping on 12.1% On 27 July, Chrysler restarted production at 9 of its 11 manufacturing facilities. Monthly new vehicle market share for hybrids. Click to enlarge. Passenger car sales dropped 10.6%

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UK Scrappage Scheme Encouraging Shift to Smaller, Fuel-Efficient Cars

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less CO 2 (16 g/km) than the average new car, according to figures released by the car manufacturers’ trade association SMMT. New cars bought through the UK’s scrappage incentive scheme , which began in May, emit on average 10.9%

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EPA annual report on CO2, fuel economy and technology trends finds 2012 heading for all-time best; rapid adoption of new technologies

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Data for MY 2011 are final; data for MY 2012 are preliminary and based on projected vehicle production values provided to EPA by manufacturers. Manufacturers are selling many vehicles today that can meet future CO 2 emission targets. l/100 km), both slightly worse relative to MY 2010. l/100km) or more.

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EPA trends report sees record levels of average new vehicle fuel economy and CO2 emissions for MY 2012; role of new gasoline vehicle technologies

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Manufacturer-specific technology adoption over time for key technologies. Nearly every manufacturer increased fuel economy in MY 2012, resulting in lower CO 2 emission rates. Ten of the eleven major manufacturers increased fuel economy from MY 2011 to MY 2012, the last two years for which EPA has definitive data. (VW

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Cash for Volts?

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“A coalition of auto makers, battery manufacturers, utility operators and shipping companies wants the U.S. WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Move over, cash for clunkers. A coalition of auto makers, battery manufacturers, utility operators and shipping companies wants the U.S. by Judith Burns for Dow Jones. By Judith Burns.

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