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    • Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) - Purchased Vehicles - Purchased Vehicles xls file

    Metadata Updated: May 1, 2024

    The Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), otherwise known as Cash for Clunkers, was a program intended to provide economic incentives to United States residents to purchase a new and more fuel efficient vehicle when trading in a less full efficient vehicle. The program was promoted as providing stimulus to the economy by boosting auto sales, while putting safer, cleaner and more fuel efficient vehicles on the road.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    http://www.nhtsa.gov/Laws+&+Regulations/CARS+Program+Transaction+Data+and+Reports

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date May 1, 2024
    Data Update Frequency R/P1D

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOT Socrata Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date May 1, 2024
    Publisher National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier 13.0
    Data First Published 2018-12-17
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2024-05-01
    Category Transportation
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency R/P1D
    Agencydataseriesurl http://www.nhtsa.gov/Laws+&+Regulations/CARS+Program+Transaction+Data+and+Reports
    Agencyprogramurl http://www.nhtsa.gov/Laws+&+Regulations/CARS+Program+Officially+Ended
    Bureau Code 021:18
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.transportation.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Categorydesignation Research
    Collectioninstrument Transportation
    Data Dictionary http://www.nhtsa.gov/Laws+&+Regulations/CARS+Program+Transaction+Data+and+Reports
    Harvest Object Id 249d5695-6dad-4c08-a825-3ceb0a993be2
    Harvest Source Id a776e4b7-8221-443c-85ed-c5ee5db0c360
    Harvest Source Title DOT Socrata Data.json
    Homepage URL https://data.transportation.gov/d/v8dr-t6p4
    License https://project-open-data.cio.gov/unknown-license/
    Old Spatial N/A
    Phone 202-366-0641
    Program Code 021:000
    Related Documents http://www.nhtsa.gov/Laws+&+Regulations/CARS+Program+Transaction+Data+and+Reports
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 5dae8a8d9f4dc8db230d2418d4d6fd04c73a1b58f45c18471e62d1255e0e4589
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2009-07-01/2011-09-30

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