Every eligible car-buyer would get a voucher good only for a car made by Ford, Chrysler or General Motors.
Since the scheme was launched in January 2011, there have been 14,274 eligible cars registered.
Under Berlin's rules, eligible cars just have to be at least nine years old.
To be eligible cars would need to meet modern safety standards and have a range and top speed sufficient to give mass market appeal.
Thanks to the more generous upper limit and absence of any requirement that the car be built in North America, the list of eligible cars under this plan is longer than under the Sutton plan, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
Given that we bought 8,500 eligible cars in the first three months of 2015, the grants may well run out by the Autumn.
But the committee found that following the introduction of the grants in January 2011 only 1,052 eligible cars had been registered - up from 111 in 2010.
Eligible cars must be at least a 2011 model year or above, have an actual black exterior paint job (in top condition), have leather or simulated leather seating, and be able to seat at least 6 riders comfortably if you want to drive the Lux SUV option, too.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSAA) website lists eligible cars and importation regulations.
G.M. tripled the plant's production capacity during downtime last summer, and the plant was down for all of January in preparation for building a lower-emission version that is eligible for car pool lanes in California.
Members of AARP, AOPA, CARP, Sam's Club, Costco, Delta Skymiles, Aeroplan, AIChe, or the APA, for example, are eligible for car rental discounts.
