Manufacturer’s Discuss CARS-Like Package Everything circles back. Looks like we may be expecting news on a Federal program this summer possibly. The COVID19 Corona virus is killing new car sales. This has Washington DC considering a new car buying stimulus plan . Ford Expects Talks with US on Clunker like Stimulus “We think some level …
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California’s “CARS” Program Pliot program announced to create an incentive program to scrap old polluting clunkers for hybrids, plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and electric vehicles (ZEVs).? Pilot program is for the South Coast and San Joaquin Valley air districts. Need Based Incentives based on three separate income levels: (see Federal Poverty Level Tables below). Low …
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California Governor Jerry Brown pledges an ambitious “Goal Aims to Reduce Emissions 40 Percent Below 1990 Levels by 2030”.? To meet these goals California must embrace alternative fuel automobiles and remove clunkers from California highways and streets. From EXECUTIVE ORDER B-30-15 3.The California Air Resources Board shall update the Climate Change Scoping Plan to express …
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Looks like compromises are being made and Cash for Clunkers could get picked up in Congress next week. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=arRGEXPmOojA&refer=europe April 17 (Bloomberg) — U.S. lawmakers may let cars made overseas qualify for a proposed ?cash-for-clunkers? program in a bid to secure passage of the measure, designed to help revive domestic auto sales at a 27-year …
There is a lot of news about Cash for Clunkers today. First from the Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123984336433423387.html Joseph B. White’s “Eyes on the Road” analysis of one of the “cash for clunkers” programs being proposed to spur trading in older, less fuel-efficient vehicles (“How Much Is Your Guzzler Really Worth?,” Personal Journal, April 7) …
I found this interesting one-page summary of how a bill becomes a law in the US. It’s pretty straightforward but I imagine there are a lot of things that factor into the process that is not covered on this page: http://www.votesmart.org/resource_govt101_02.php Of course,? those of you who are old enough to remember this one, already …
New York Times Article BRATISLAVA, Slovakia ? The economy here may be in free fall, but anxiety about the future did not stop Vilo Hrivnak from driving his 12-year-old green hatchback to the junkyard a few days ago and promptly buying his first new car, a cappuccino-colored Skoda. Like hundreds of thousands of car owners …
President Obama’s Stimulus Plan President Obama?s rescue plan for the automotive industry has given the presidential seal of approval to a little-noticed movement in Congress to clear the roads of gas-guzzling clunkers and replace them with more fuel-efficient cars. It?s an excellent idea, with clear benefits for the environment and ? Mr. Obama hopes ? …
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