Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The popular car scrappage scheme is set to be extended the BBC reports. The decision follows campaigns from motor industry bodies including the SMMT and RMIF calling for the scheme to be extended. Concerns have been raised that car sales could fall dramatically and motor manufacturing jobs lost without continued support.

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Green Cars News

MAY 31, 2010

The car scrappage scheme was responsible for 372, 401 new cars being registered in March 2010, which accounted for 12.2 per cent of all new car registrations, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders based in the UK. Tags: Latest news latest news scrappage scheme.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 6, 2009

The Green Piece: Tuesday 6 October, 2009. The UK’s car scrappage scheme may have been dubbed a resounding success by the majority of car manufacturers and consumers alike, but it hasn’t won plaudits from all corners. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), production in the UK fell back 31.5

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Green Cars News

APRIL 22, 2009

According to his plans, vehicles that are aged over 10 years old and have been driven by motorists for more than 12 months will be worth £2,000 when traded in for a new car as part of the Government’s new scrappage scheme which takes much of its inspiration from a highly successful format in Germany.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 20, 2009

The Scrappage Scheme is having a positive impact in reducing average CO2, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) says. SMMT regularly publishes scrappage incentive registration figures and has collated further data to provide more detail on vehicles bought through the scheme. This was 10.9 km, and 27.4

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

The car scrappage scheme continues to boost car registrations as sales rose 6.0 per cent in August, the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders ( SMMT ) reveal. The second successive month of growth within the motor industry, August’s sales of 67,006 vehicles build on the 2.4

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

The report offers integrated conclusions as to the effectiveness of short-, medium- and long-term policies: Short-term options with clear potential to reduce carbon emissions in the UK include ecodriving and speed enforcement, expanding the use of non-motorized modes and improving vehicle occupancy.

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Green Cars News

MAY 15, 2009

Car buyers, set to take advantage of the UK’s £2,000 scrappage incentive, to be launched on Monday, could find that the benefit of the scheme wiped out in depreciation within just 88 days of purchasing a new vehicle. million motorists tempted to cash in on the scheme, these consumers are set to lose a total of £12.5

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 4, 2009

In the US, Chrysler and General Motors fell into bankruptcy; while in Japan even its major automakers have been left reeling from significant profit falls. It seems a spark is needed to get us back to the showrooms – so are the leading manufacturers right to put their faith in green cars? Averting a slump.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Drivers are increasingly letting their wallet rule their car buying decisions with more motorists than ever before opting for a green car over a conventional alternative. However, will green cars really save you money? The Green Piece. suggests that drivers should think twice before going green.

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Green Cars News

JULY 28, 2009

The UK has been an epicentre for drivers with a green conscience for many years. Last week, Nissan announced plans to make electric car batteries at its plant in Sunderland, creating 350 new jobs in the process (see ‘ Nissan to make electric car batteries at Sunderland plant ’). Now it seems that its efforts have been rewarded.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 19, 2009

A bus company on the Isle of Wight has launched its own version of the car scrappage scheme, offering motorists free travel on its buses for a year in exchange for their old banger. The government funded Car scrappage is a scheme that does nothing to tackle the fact that we have to encourage people to use their cars less.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 9, 2010

New car emissions fell by their biggest margin yet last year, the latest report from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reveals. Helped by the recession and the scrappage scheme, new car sold in the UK in 2009 emitted just 149.5g/km km of CO2, down 5.4 per cent on the 2008 figure and 21.2 [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 21, 2009

Movie star turned California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has lead something of a green car revolution in his state. This has prompted many in Detroit to wonder whether he hates the city, its cars and its workers. Tags: Green cars Latest news Arnold Schwarzenegger California Detroir.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 26, 2009

The Green Piece - Tuesday 23rd June 2009. Since the introduction of Britain’s vehicle scrappage scheme, everything appears rosy for the country’s automotive industry once more. Ostensibly, the scrappage scheme has been presented as an incentive to buy less polluting cars and therefore reduce damage to the environment.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 4, 2009

So after the UK’s vehicle scrappage scheme was hailed a success, what of the so-called “cash for clunkers&# programme in the US? Even though corporate purchases of vehicle fleets continued to drop, the number of retail sales of Ford cars and pick-up trucks among the public leapt by nine per cent.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 21, 2009

The US car scrappage scheme know as the ‘cash for clunkers’ plan will end next week after the funds ran out. Most consumers have turned in trucks and SUV’s in exchange for passenger cars, with an improved gas mileage of about 60 per cent, according to official figures. billion in rebates.

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Green Cars News

MAY 7, 2009

New car sales fell 24 per cent in April, the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has revealed. New car registrations in the UK stood at 133,475 units this April, the lowest since 1991. The drop in sales continues a trend in depressed car sales, with 28.5 per cent.

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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. At least that was until analysts started to delve a little deeper.

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Green Cars News

MAY 26, 2009

While the new £2,000 car scrappage scheme should be toughened to apply only to the purchase of new vehicles with emissions below the fleet average targets. Furthermore, the Government’s proposed £5,000 subsidies for electric or hybrid cars to be brought forward to 2010 to help stimulate the green motoring revolution.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 30, 2009

Increasing company car benefit in kind tax in the future for all but the lowest carbon cars. Introducing a vehicle scrappage scheme. Confirming the recently announced support for ultra low carbon Cars and infrastructure. Vehicle Scrappage Scheme. Confirming and extending the overhaul of Vehicle Excise Duty Rates.

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