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REPORT: All those clunkers messed up with no where to go

We found out which vehicles were the most popular "green" clunkers in the Car Allowance Rebate System that ran its course earlier this fall, but it won't take much sleuthing to discover where all these clunkers have ended up. According to the AP, the disabled SUVs, minivans and trucks (mostly) are still sitting on scrap lots around the country. One recycler in Minnesota has acres crammed with 4,000 cars and can only dismantle about 100 cars a week. This is a problem, because all of the clunkers are supposed to be recycled and dealt with ... Read more →

Top Ten "green" cars that met their fate during Cash for Clunkers Sebastian Blanco

One rule that all clunked cars needed to adhere to was a maximum rating of 18 MPG from the federal government, right? What wasn't required was that the clunked car be considered dirty. After all, ...

REPORT: Cash For Clunkers ending Monday Sebastian Blanco

This year, Labor Day in the U.S. will be celebrated on September 7. That's over two weeks away, and not that long ago, the government had said the C.A.R.S. (Cash for Clunkers) program would be ...

STUDY: Cash For Clunkers not exactly a bargain, emissions reduction costs 10x more than carbon credits Sebastian Blanco

The Cash For Clunkers (C.A.R.S.) program has been a big success. No question there. But one of the stated reasons for the program is to reduce emissions. Getting low-mpg vehicles off the road in ...

Cash for Clunkers update: 25-year limit keeps clunkers on the road, Ford boosts Focus production Sebastian Blanco

We heard a while back that charities that rely on donated cars to fund their projects were some of the groups that helped implement the 18 mpg upper limit for passenger vehicles that qualify for ...

It Never Ends Update: Cash For Clunkers sales total at least 180,000, average increase is 6.8 mpg 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Another day, another Cash For Clunkers news digest: First off, some numbers. The government now says that 180,000 cars have been sold through C.A.R.S., enough to account for $775.2 million of the original plan's $1 billion in funding. Since not all of the vehicles sold have yet been confirmed ...

Cash for Clunkers update: IRS taxes rebates, Chrysler in a good kind of trouble, more 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Cash For Clunkers program, officially known as CARS, is a program in flux. If you missed the CARS news over the weekend, read this post. Here's what has happened since then: The White House was pushing the Senate to act today, making it very clear that CARS has pushed average mpg numbers ...

Cash for Clunkers "Back on the Road," but is it for real? 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Cash for Clunkers website sent out a short and sweet email update on the roller-coaster status of the program: "CARS Back on the Road." Thanks to quick Congressional action on Friday, CARS was given a $2 billion revival shot – enough to maybe keep it alive for another two weeks – ...

Cash For Clunkers good through today, at least; White House looking for $2b more for CARS 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

For vehicles with their engines disabled, the clunkers sure are moving fast. At 10 a.m. yesterday, a gauge on the CARS website declared that there was estimated $779 million left in the $1 billion fund that is being used to take low-mpg vehicles off the road in exchange for new, more ...

REPORT: Cash for Clunkers could be dead 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Congress allocated close to $1 billion for the Cash for Clunkers program. That's billion with nine zeros. And all that money might be gone by midnight tonight. This, according to reports by both the Detroit Free Press and Edmunds AutoObserver. We learned earlier that the C4C program has proved to ...

Where the fiasco is at today, a Cash for Clunkers update 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

As the whole "Cash for Clunkers" program has transitioned from Congressionally-passed legislation to NHTSA rule book, it has at same time gone from a great way to get old gas guzzlers off the road to something resembling a fiasco. Over the course of the past week, dealers have worried that they ...

Rules for CARS, the cash for clunkers bill, released 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 Federal government today. Automakers have been busy ...

Hyundai: CARS (cash for clunkers) will improve fuel economy by 60 percent 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Automakers in the U.S. are scrambling to figure out how best to sell their vehicles under the new cash-for-clunkers Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS). BMW is offering "Eco Credits" for some of its diesels and Chrysler is offering "Double CA$H For Your Old Car". Hyundai has been offering clunker ...

REPORT: Impact of Cash for Clunkers might not be so hot; charities insisted on 18 mpg limit 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

With the official kick-off date for the Cash For Clunkers program CARS just over a week away, people are already saying it's really too little, too short. Last week, Auto Alliance president Dave McCurdy said that Congress could expand the program, and now some economists interviewed by Reuters are ...

Does the government know if ethanol cars qualify for Cash-For-Clunkers? 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

AutoblogGreen reader Michael recently sent in a question regarding the about-to-start "Cash for Clunkers" program. Officially known as the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), the program allows owners of some older and inefficient vehicles to trade them in and get a rebate check worth up to ...

Obama signs Cash-for-Clunkers bill into law, countdown to start begins 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

President Obama has taken pen to paper and signed off on Cash-for-Clunkers, a law that could help the auto industry shake its year-long funk. The Transportation Department now has 30 days to determine the rules and regulations for Cash-for-Clunkers, placing the start of the program at the end of ...

The most efficient vehicles on the road aren't at your local car dealer 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

If you are looking for the most efficient form transportation propelled by an internal combustion engine, you won't find it at a Toyota or Honda dealership. Or any other car dealer for that matter. In a study funded by the American Bus Association, it was found that the most fuel efficient ...


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