Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
A study by researchers at UC Davis suggests that a properly designed vehicle scrappage (i.e., Cash for Clunkers”) program could maximize greenhouse gas emissions savings by using fuel-economy based eligibility requirements rather than age-based requirements. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Allan et al.
Green Cars News
MAY 21, 2009
The scrappage scheme is only a few days old here in the UK and it has already come under fire. It suggests that the House’s programme seems as though it is designed to undercut both its economic and environmental value. What do you think of these proposals and the scrappage scheme in general?
Green Car Congress
JULY 24, 2011
The report assesses the value for money of the different schemes and identifies critical design elements for ensuring success in meeting the environmental and safety objectives. While scrappage schemes have the potential to deliver on objectives such as reducing pollutant emissions, these have not done so as well. The US scheme saw.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
Empirical results also revealed that even if the fuel economy of less fuel-efficient ordinary passenger vehicles were improved to levels comparable with those of the best available technology, i.e. hybrid passenger cars currently being produced in Japan, total CO 2 emissions would decrease by only 0.2%.
Green Cars News
JULY 18, 2009
The vehicle scrappage scheme may be in full swing here in the UK, but in the United States there remain a number of questions shrouding the proposed ‘cash for guzzlers’ programme. Generally new cars must be rated with a combined economy of 22mpg and new trucks must have fuel economy of at least 18mpg.
Drive Electric
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
An affordable, convenient, safe and sustainable transport system is one that enables active and public transport, embraces changes to the ways we design and live in cities, and encourages new ideas and technologies, like Mobility-as-a-Service (Maas). . We spend billions of dollars annually on importing fossil fuels. Scrappage schemes
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