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ITF study finds limited environmental and safety impacts of car fleet renewal schemes in US, France and Germany

Green Car Congress

The report does not address the employment or stimulus-related impacts of fleet renewal schemes which are arguably their primary objectives. While scrappage schemes have the potential to deliver on objectives such as reducing pollutant emissions, these have not done so as well. standards and Euro-1 cars produced from 1992 to 1996.

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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. So is this scheme green at all?