Colorado residents can get $6,000 in extra rebates if they trade in their old gas-powered vehicle for an electric vehicle. Rebates are expected to go quickly.

Colorado is launching a “cash-for-clunkers” program, with $1.8 million to pay residents in exchange for their old, polluting, gas-powered cars. The rebates are expected to go fast.
“Those participating in Vehicle Exchange Colorado must apply the $6,000 toward a qualifying new or leased electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, or take $4,000 off a used EV,” reports Michael Booth.
“Colorado Energy Office program manager Ed Piersa said the state expects the exchange program to last for years and ramp up financing if it proves popular,” adds Both.
The source article, linked below, also includes background on the program. According to the article, the program is an attempt at making the electric car market more equitable. “Colorado has pledged to get 940,000 EVs on state roads by 2030, and has also launched various rules and programs to promote environmental justice and economic equity along the way,” writes Booth. A zero emissions vehicle standard approved by the state in 2019 also requires automakers to sell more EVs in the state.
Cash-for-clunkers is a phrase immediately recognizable to anyone who lived through the Great Recession and the corresponding auto industry bailout. In 2023, however, the state of Colorado’s cash-for-clunkers program makes electric vehicles, rather than more fuel efficient or hybrid vehicles, more affordable for program participants.
FULL STORY: Colorado revives “cash for clunkers,” offers $6,000 for an old car you trade for an EV

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