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

Green Car Congress

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 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.

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Has the cash for clunkers scheme failed? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

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. When the cash for clunkers scheme was introduced, we at TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk