US policymakers are rolling out big incentives for electric vehicle buyers who surrender a gas-powered model, advancing efforts to cancel carbon emissions.
Unless you’re driving something that gets 12 mpg, the best thing for the planet is to keep the car you already have. There’s a huge environmental cost to building a new vehicle.
Participation Requirements
CARB sets baseline guidelines that program administrators must follow. These include the following:
An individual must be the registered owner of the vehicle with vehicle title issued in their name and must demonstrate that they are a California resident.
A vehicle owner or joint vehicle owner may not have received more than one Clean Cars 4 All incentive. An individual must have a household income of less than or equal to 400% of the Federal Poverty Level. Federal Poverty Level is defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human services here.
An individual must scrap a functional vehicle. Scrapped vehicles may be registered or unregistered. Additional information regarding scrap vehicle and other eligibility criteria can be found here.
Replacement vehicles must be 8 years old or newer and can include conventional hybrids, plug-in hybrids, or zero-emission vehicles including battery electric and fuel cell. New and used replacement vehicles are eligible.
CARB sets baseline guidelines for basic eligibility requirements such as income and vehicles, participating Districts’ have the discretion to enact more stringent requirements. Additional information for District participation requirements can be found here.
There’s a huge environmental cost to building a new vehicle.
not quite the same as sitting in the garage with the engine running.
It doesn’t take that many electric cars to improve public health
Researchers have found that California’s electric cars are already keeping asthma patients out of ERs.
Unless you’re driving something that gets 12 mpg, the best thing for the planet is to keep the car you already have. There’s a huge environmental cost to building a new vehicle.
Clean Cars 4 All
https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/clean-cars-4-all/about
Participation Requirements
CARB sets baseline guidelines that program administrators must follow. These include the following:
An individual must be the registered owner of the vehicle with vehicle title issued in their name and must demonstrate that they are a California resident.
A vehicle owner or joint vehicle owner may not have received more than one Clean Cars 4 All incentive.
An individual must have a household income of less than or equal to 400% of the Federal Poverty Level. Federal Poverty Level is defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human services here.
An individual must scrap a functional vehicle. Scrapped vehicles may be registered or unregistered. Additional information regarding scrap vehicle and other eligibility criteria can be found here.
Replacement vehicles must be 8 years old or newer and can include conventional hybrids, plug-in hybrids, or zero-emission vehicles including battery electric and fuel cell. New and used replacement vehicles are eligible.
CARB sets baseline guidelines for basic eligibility requirements such as income and vehicles, participating Districts’ have the discretion to enact more stringent requirements. Additional information for District participation requirements can be found here.
not quite the same as sitting in the garage with the engine running.
It doesn’t take that many electric cars to improve public health
Researchers have found that California’s electric cars are already keeping asthma patients out of ERs.
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/23583500/ev-electric-car-california-air-pollution-asthma-health