WASHINGTON - Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is proposing a multi-billion dollar trade-in program to get Americans into electric or hybrid cars.

The goal is to do this over the next decade to cut carbon emissions.

The $462 billion plan would give car buyers thousands of dollars in trade-in discounts for U.S. made electric cars.

Lower income households and people who buy cars with American-made parts would get extra credits.

About $45 billion would go toward new charging stations and new electric car infrastructure.

And another $17 billion would helping automakers increase production of electric cars.

Schumer didn’t outline how he would pay for the plan.

He says he will formally introduce his plan if Democrats win control of the Senate in next year's elections.