Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

The expansion will be accompanied by a new £110-million (US$133-million) scrappage scheme to support Londoners on lower incomes, disabled Londoners, charities and small businesses and sole traders. This means that most drivers in outer London will not be impacted by the expansion London-wide.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has renewed calls for scrapping the most polluting diesel cars and giving drivers cash incentives to switch to cleaner vehicles as part of the evidence he gave to the Environmental Audit Committee today.

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Plug N Drive

AUGUST 10, 2020

“The burning of fossil fuels is a significant source of smog and air pollution and EVs are one path toward cleaner air and healthier communities.”. 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.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

It finds that policy can play a big role in helping drivers leave their car at home and that Britain lags behind the leading countries in use of cleaner modes of travel. Circulation and fuel taxes combined with ‘scrappage’ subsidies may be able to deliver this goal if combined with information and education.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The EPA has selected 55 applicants across 27 states and territories to receive nearly $3 billion in grant funding through the agency’s Clean Ports Program. These grants are aimed at improving air quality by supporting the deployment of zero-emission equipment and associated infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2017

This includes investing nearly £100m in the UK’s charging infrastructure and funding the Plug In Car and Plug In Van Grant Schemes. 11M – Air Quality Grant. Today we commit £100 million [US$130 million] towards new low emission buses and retrofitting older buses with cleaner engines. 1B – Ultra low emissions vehicles.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 6, 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. This is little more than a panicked way of propping up the industry as, given time; those cashing in the grants would most likely have bought the new car anyway.

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