Colorado clean energy officials are boosting their cash-for-clunkers offer to $9,000 for turning in an old gasoline car and buying a new EV, up from the previous $6,000, in order to bolster sales after a lucrative federal subsidy ended Tuesday.

The federal EV tax credit of $7,500, taken off at the point of sales, was a victim of the summer’s Big Beautiful Bill Act by Congress, and state and local officials and car dealers worried the cut would slow Colorado’s progress in transforming from a fossil fuel fleet to cleaner transportation. The state’s $3,000 addition to an existing vehicle exchange program for income-qualified buyers doesn’t fill the whole federal gap, but could make a difference for some shoppers who missed the Sept. 30 deadline.

“The federal tax credit has been ended seven

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