Cleaner Cars
Subtitle: Fleet Renewal and Scrappage Schemes
By: European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9789264180277
Subjects: Transportation
Description: Pollution from transport is being cut substantially through exhaust emissions regulations and vehicle manufacturers’ investments in cleaner technologies. The benefits of these improvements, however, are delayed as car fleet renewal takes a decade on average in Europe. Car scrappage schemes can be used to accelerate the uptake of new, cleaner vehicles. This publication analyses the effectiveness of these programmes in protecting the environment and reviews the schemes introduced to date in Europe and North America. Three complementary issues are addressed to help make pragmatic recommendations:- What are the effects of scrapping schemes on the car market and the national economy?- What are the effects of these programmes on the environment?- And can scrappage schemes be useful in former socialist countries?
Table of contents: title: INTRODUCTION; title: 1. THE EFFECTS OF SCRAPPING SCHEMES ON THE CAR MARKET AND THE NATIONAL ECONOMY; title: 1.1. New car sales; title: 1.2. Prices and industry profits; title: 1.3. The effects on the national economy; title: 2. THE EFFECTS OF SCRAPPAGE PROGRAMMES ON THE ENVIRONMENT; title: 2.1. What are the main environmental impacts to be evaluated?; title: 2.2. The estimate of the change in atmospheric emissions; title: 2.3 The design of the scheme and effects on the relevant variables; title: 2.4. The cost-effectiveness of scrappage schemes; title: 2.5. What are the main policy tools alternative to scrappage schemes?; title: 2.6. The benefits of reducing atmospheric emissions; title: 2.7. Some lessons from the schemes implemented in the past: the selection criteria; title: 3. CAN SCRAPPAGE SCHEMES BE USEFUL IN FORMER SOCIALIST COUNTRIES?; title: 3.1. The case of Hungary; title: 3.2. The general context: some characteristics of the recent evolution of Eastern European car fleets; title: 3.3. The possible role of scrappage schemes in Eastern European countries; title: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; title: BIBLIOGRAPHY