The California Air Resources Board has unveiled a new Driving Clean Assistance Program that offers significant incentives to people who purchase or lease a new or used clean vehicle and meet certain income guidelines. CARB says DCAP coverage includes battery electric vehicles as well as plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. The incentives can total as much as $12,000 if the person resides in a disadvantaged community and is scrapping an older vehicle as part of the transaction. Consumers without the disadvantaged community status who scrap their older vehicle to buy or lease a new or used clean vehicle can get a grant of up to $10,000. If no older vehicle is scrapped, the maximum benefit is $7,500. If  you think this sounds a little like the Cash For Clunkers program run by the federal government beginning in July of 2009, you are not wrong.