Topic: Car Allowance Rebate System

Forget clunkers: Tesla profitable for July

'Cash for clunkers' could wreck back-to-school spending

GOP senators concede on 'Cash for Clunkers'

They don't have the votes to block an additional $2 billion for the popular program. Many have heard from car dealers back home.

'Cash for clunkers': What happens to the old cars

Clunkers must be crushed or shredded within 180 days, whether all usable parts have been salvaged or not.

Consumer spending up in June

If Americans continue reaching into their pocketbooks, back-to-school sales could be better than expected.

Does 'cash for clunkers' work?

US personal income falls. Blame the government.

'Clunker' consumers not buying gas guzzlers, study finds

Americans participating in the 'Cash for Clunkers' program are buying new cars that get, on average, 9.6 miles per gallon more than their trade-ins.

How green is cash-for-clunkers program?

Fuel efficiency requirements for new cars bought under the rebate program aren't strict enough, say some.

Auto sales revive amid 'Cash for Clunkers' program

GM, Chrysler saw smaller declines in sales in July. Ford, Subaru, and Hyundai, meanwhile, registered actual sales increases compared with a year ago.

Cash for Clunkers: "Go out and buy a car," says Obama administration

Cash for clunkers running out of money - so shop now and save

US economy still contracting, but at slower pace

Second quarter GDP declined by 1 percent, compared with 6.4 percent in the first quarter. Will economic recovery be stronger than expected in the second half of the year?

'Cash-for-clunkers' open at least until Sunday

Will ‘cash-for-clunkers’ program run out too soon?

Buy new? Pickup owners say no.

For many of the 41 million Americans who rely on light trucks, new efficiency isn't worth the higher upfront cost.

Germany: Farewell to wood heat?

For 'leaner GM,' which workers are the fat?

The impact will spread beyond the industrial Midwest to employees in states like Florida, Delaware, and Virginia.

What Obama's clean-car plan will cost consumers and teetering US automakers

By 2016, a new car will pollute less and get more than 35 miles per gallon, but its sticker price will be at least $600 higher.

Would cash-for-clunkers be good or bad for the environment?

Paying people to get rid of old cars is supposed to help the economy and the environment. Not everyone agrees it will do either.

US car sales plunge in March

But automakers are encouraged by a recent increase in showroom traffic.

Detroit plots green future as its bailout plan

A new partnership is evolving between Washington and the car companies.