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Manitoba Vehicle Standards Advisory Board Recommends Adopting California GHG Vehicle Standards and Supporting Complementary Programs

Green Car Congress

The Manitoba, Canada Vehicle Standards Advisory Board has recommended that the province adopt the California Pavley standards for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles, albeit as a deferred recommendation bounded by several contingencies and factoring in the small size of the Manitoba market (2.8%

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Cash For Clunkers: Modern Electric Vehicle Variant An Obvious Climate Policy

CleanTechnica EVs

In the 1990s, numerous countries both within and outside Europe launched vehicle scrappage schemes with multiple goals. Greece, Hungary, Denmark, Spain, France, Ireland, Norway, and Italy each implemented programs during this period, aimed at scrapping older cars to promote the purchase of newer, safer, and more efficient vehicles.

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Plug’n Drive launches $1,000 incentive to scrap a gas car PLUS $1,000 towards a Used EV

Plug N Drive

The Scrappage Incentive is in addition to the Used EV Incentive program that launched in April 2019, which provides $1,000 off the purchase of a used fully electric or plug-in hybrid electric car. We are thrilled at the early results of the Used EV incentive program and look forward to the Scrappage program gaining similar traction.

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Chinese Car Buyers Recently Scooped Up More EVs and PHEVs Than Gas Vehicles for the First Time

The Truth About Cars

Buyers do not pay sales tax on NEV purchases, and people who replace gas cars with an electrified model can receive a scrappage credit. but they’re in Mexico and may soon be available in Canada, though some in its government want strict tariffs like the ones implemented by the White House. Chinese brands don’t yet sell in the U.S.,

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Canada’s only privately-funded electric vehicle incentive is helping car buyers make the switch

Plug N Drive

An extension to the program, called the Scrappage Incentive, was added in February 2020, granting drivers an additional $1,000 if they also scrap their old gas car. The Automotive Recyclers of Canada are ensuring these vehicles are responsibly scrapped. .

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Teaser: New Acura Performance Electric SUV Concept to Be Revealed At Monterey Car Week

The Truth About Cars

Buyers do not pay sales tax on NEV purchases, and people who replace gas cars with an electrified model can receive a scrappage credit. but they’re in Mexico and may soon be available in Canada, though some in its government want strict tariffs like the ones implemented by the White House. Chinese brands don’t yet sell in the U.S.,

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Obama Outlines Next Steps for GM and Chrysler

Green Car Congress

He backs the scrappage proposal (vehicle fleet modernization incentive program) in Congress, and is working with Congress to find funds for it in the Recovery Act, with the intention of making such an initiative retroactive to today.

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