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EU drivers to get their old cars scrapped for free

Jan 3rd 2007 5:44PM - 1 Comment

The European Union End of Life Vehicles directive has been extended to require car makers to scrap all their old cars free of charge. Previously the directive had required that cars produced post-2002 be scrapped for free. As the value of scrap ...

Electric cars a challenge for Japanese parts suppliers

Nov 21st 2009 6:42PM - 26 Comments

2010 Nissan Leaf EV - Click above for high-res image gallery One thing David Cole said when we talked to him at the Business of Plugging In expo was that parts suppliers need to change in order to keep up with the demand for new parts in electric ...

Italy to subsidize scrapping old cars with ?1,500 tax cut

Feb 11th 2009 10:18AM - 4 Comments

France and Germany are already giving money to their citizens if they scrap an old clanker to buy a new, fuel-efficient car. It's time now for Italy to do the same. The government, led by Silvio Berlusconi, has decided to offer a €1,500 tax cut ...

RAC: Cars over 18 years old should be scrapped

Oct 17th 2008 8:16PM - 15 Comments

The Royal Automobile Club Foundation in the UK has just released a report suggesting that any car built more than 18 years ago should be scrapped in an effort to clean up the roadways. Why 18 years? That would remove the vast majority of cars not ...

Report states that Americans drive older cars

Feb 25th 2008 3:56PM - 16 Comments

It seems normal to state that the newer a model is, the greener it is. Newer cars get better mileage (well, not always), improved safety features, and they have new emissions technology with makes them cleaner. According to a recent report by R. L. ...

Ford counting on UK car scrappage scheme

Mar 13th 2009 5:26PM - 0 Comments

Inspired by the success that Germany has seen in boosting new car sales (up by over 20% in that country), the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders in the United Kingdom drafted a plan and submitted it to lawmakers in the UK that recommended a ...

Old vehicle scrappage program not just for cars in Deutschland

May 4th 2009 1:34PM - 0 Comments

The popular German car scrapping scheme helped revive German car sales in the early part of 2009. The Germany city of Mannheim thinks that what's good for the four wheels is good for the two as well, and started a scrapping bonus plan for bicycles ...

Rules for CARS, the cash for clunkers bill, released

Jul 24th 2009 4:27PM - 10 Comments

Preliminary rules for the CARS act – which was known as the Cash for Clunkers bill and is now more officially known as the CAR Allowance Rebate System or the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009 – were released by the ...

European car scrapping schemes proving successful, Germany to extend program

Apr 5th 2009 11:29AM - 9 Comments

Last month, Germany posted a whopping 40 percent increase in new car sales, an improvement over February's 21.5% gain that is again being attributed to that country's vehicle scrapping program. Similar programs in Italy and France have also reversed ...

German car sales rise 21 percent; UK to launch vehicle scrappage plan?

Mar 5th 2009 3:02PM - 2 Comments

Vehicle scrapping plans are likely to get lots of attention now that Germany's program has proven so effective. Last month, sales in Germany, Europe's largest new car market, surged by 21 percent, which is an amazing figure considering the current ...

Commission ready to help Europe's car industry

Nov 4th 2008 8:55AM - 4 Comments

As we all know, the auto industry is sometimes subsidized by Governments, especially in hard times like this. In the case of the EU, its Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen have announced that the ...

UK may get £2,000 car scrapping scheme, partially funded by automakers

Apr 13th 2009 3:03PM - 2 Comments

Government officials in the United Kingdom are widely expected to launch a vehicle scrapping scheme modeled after the successful German program, which has boosted sales in Europe's largest market by over 20 percent in each of the two months it's ...

Legal loophole allows 1 million cars per year to be illegally scrapped in the UK

May 2nd 2008 8:02AM - 2 Comments

Greencars.co.uk is reporting a legal loophole which allows a million cars per year to be illegally scrapped in the UK. This means that most of them are going to be in landfills with oils, tyres and airbags still on/in the car. Under a system called ...

China expands new car subsidies, excludes small cars

May 27th 2009 4:42PM - 0 Comments

Like most other countries with native automobile industries, China has implemented a Cash-For-Clunkers-style used car scapping program. Interestingly, the Chinese government is also subsidizing the replacement of old, inefficient home appliances for ...

Spanish automakers' association calls for scrappage scheme

May 4th 2009 2:14PM - 0 Comments

Might Spain soon jump on the vehicle scrapping bandwagon? According to ANFAC, an organization of automakers with operations in Spain, sales were down 45.6-percent from the same month a year ago, a sobering fact that's caused the organization to ...

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