After being extended last month, the rebate program known as “Cash for Clunkers” (a.k.a CARS) is finally over due to overwhelming demand. With almost $1.9 billion in rebates, the U.S. government has been taken a bit by surprise in terms of the success of the program, leading to delays in payments to car dealerships, and [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on August 28th, 2009 @ 4:47 pm
Tagged with: CARS, cash for clunkers, consumer, Environment, Fuel economy, government, jobs, opportunities, President Obama, success, sustainability
Coming on the heels of the “Cash for Clunkers” program that helped reinvigorate the auto industry, while simultaneously adding some much needed fuel efficiency to the US highways, the government has announced a $300 million incentive aimed at the appliance industry. Beginning in October, consumer will receive rebates ranging from $50 to $200 for the [...]
Filed under: Business, Environment, News on August 28th, 2009 @ 2:51 pm
Tagged with: appliances, cash for clunkers, consumer, economy, efficiency, energy efficient, Environment, funding, government, growth, industry, job creation, jobs, manufacturers, markets, progress, stimulus, sustainability
The only major American automaker to escape the government bailout from earlier this year, Ford Motor Company announced today that it will be upping its production numbers through the end of the year. Citing increased dales from the “Cash for Clunkers” rebate program (that was recently extended with an additional $2 billion in government funding), [...]
Filed under: Business, News on August 13th, 2009 @ 4:35 pm
Tagged with: automakers, Business, cash for clunkers, economy, Ford, funding, government, inflation, jobs, markets, production, sustainability, Toyota, vehicle
‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York.
As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania.