Green Car Congress
MAY 8, 2009
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy ( ACEEE ) issued a statement criticizing the new agreement on a vehicle scrappage program emerging from the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The vehicle scrappage program would offer vouchers of $3,500 or $4,500 for consumers to retire their vehicles and purchase new ones.
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.). The one exception is the US CARS program. Allan et al.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 9, 2014
In addition, new vehicle registrations outpaced scrappage by more than 24% for the first time in a decade, according to the analysis. We attribute this to a number of factors, including the economy and the increasing quality of today’s automobiles. million (1.5 percent) since last year. years through 2015, then rise to 11.5
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 4, 2013
Increased new vehicle sales and lower scrappage rates pushed VIO to the highest point on record since Q3 2008. of total VIO; they were followed by standard midrange cars (11.9%) and small-economy cars (9.1%). The number of cars and light trucks on the road in the US reached 247.9
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 9, 2010
In their study, they used three different alternative powertrain/fuel models: less aggressive, moderately aggressive and very aggressive, applied across four developed economies (United States, Western Europe, Japan, and South Korea) and four developing economies (Brazil, Russia, India, and China). to 2050.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 3, 2012
Polk analysts believe the global economy will weather the current European sovereign debt crisis and consumers will return to showrooms around the world in 2012. Austerity plans will prevent governments in Europe from boosting 2012 sales through scrappage programs and other incentives offered in previous years. over 2011 volumes to 77.7
Green Car Congress
JULY 24, 2011
While scrappage schemes have the potential to deliver on objectives such as reducing pollutant emissions, these have not done so as well. positive results from targeted incentives based on fuel economy, even if these were. improved car fleet fuel economy, while working toward a global reduction of emissions from. The German.
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