Vehicle-Donation Charities Express Concern About ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Effort

A new federal effort to pay people up to $4,500 to junk old gas-guzzlers and buy new, more fuel-efficient cars could hurt charities that provide vehicles for needy recipients, National Public Radio reports.

Such groups say the program, set to start later this month, will cut into the pool of vehicles available for charitable use via donations or sales at used-car lots and auctions. They plan to lobby against extending the program when it expires November 1.