Car hobbyists and related businesses scored a major victory on Wednesday when the US Senate voted to remove old car scrappage language from the “Energy Policy Act of 2002.”
The vehicle scrappage provision would have created a Department of Energy bureaucracy to federally fund state-run scrappage programmes for vehicles over 15 years old.
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Under the programme, owners who turned in vehicles for crushing would have received a cash payment and a credit toward purchasing a newer vehicle.
The scrappage provision would have denied automotive businesses the availability of older cars necessary to market products and services and also threatened vehicle enthusiasts nationwide with the loss of valuable parts and parts-cars for repair, restoration, and customisation projects.
Removal of the scrappage provision came after the Specialty Equipment Market Association lobbied Republican Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado, co-chair of the Congressional Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus, to introduce an amendment.
