Freight grant funding
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Now Open for Application: Zero-Emission Freight and Marine Statewide Grant Funding in California

Apply for Funding for the Following Equipment: Heavy-Duty Forklifts, Port Cargo Handling Equipment, Aircraft Ground Support Equipment, Marine Vessel Repower, and Shore Power for Unregulated Ocean-going Vessels Up to $20 million funding is now available Statewide through the VW Zero-Emission Freight and Marine (ZEFM) program. Applications are being accepted and reviewed on a first-come, first-served basisContinued

Freight Locomotive
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More than $70 Million In CORE Funding Incentives Have Been Claimed!

Don’t wait—CORE Project Vouchers are Provided on a First-Come, First-Served Basis!The Heavy-Duty Clean Off-Road Equipment (CORE) Voucher Incentive Project funding segment remains open. Incentives for large forklifts, cargo handling equipment, railcar movers and freight locomotives and more are still available! (The terminal tractor, transport refrigeration unit, and mobile power unit equipment categories are now oversubscribed and no longer available forContinued

Diesel Engine
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $115 Million in Grants to Cut Harmful Diesel Engine Emissions

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $115 million in grant funding for projects that cut harmful pollution from the nation’s existing fleet of older diesel engines. Under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grant funding competition, EPA anticipates making 4-10 awards in each of EPA’s ten regions to eligible applicants. “ThroughoutContinued

Core program
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CORE Heavy-Duty Off-Road Equipment Funding Segment Now Open

Don’t wait—CORE Project Vouchers are Provided on a First-Come, First-Served Basis!Any heavy-duty off-road equipment purchaser in California can take advantage of the California CORE Project’s incentives. That means you can benefit from the $182 million appropriated to the fiscal year 22/23 funding lane. Check out the Eligible Equipment Catalog to see which equipment is rightContinued

Heavy Duty Off Road Equipment
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Heavy-Duty Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project (CORE)

Voucher Submittal Opening, July 18, 2023 The Fiscal Year 2022-23 Funding Plan for Clean Transportation Incentives allocated $182 million to the Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Program (CORE). CORE is intended to accelerate the adoption of cleaner, commercially available off-road technologies by providing a streamlined way for fleets ready to purchase specific zero-emission equipment. On July 18, 2023,Continued

San Fransisco
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California Bans New Diesel Trucks Effective 2036, A World First

The California Air Resources Board has voted unanimously to finalize its Advanced Clean Fleets rule, a massive new regulation on medium- and heavy-duty fleet vehicles that, among other things, requires all new medium- and heavy-duty vehicles sold or registered in the state of California to be zero-emission come 2036. The rule is a complement toContinued

trucks
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Clean Truck Check Announcement

The Clean Truck Check started in January 2023 with the screening of vehicles for high emissions using roadside monitoring equipment. In July 2023, CARB staff plans to release updated guidance on the next phases of the program, including the owner/vehicle reporting and compliance fee payment requirements, as well as the periodic vehicle testing requirements. Currently,Continued

EPA proposes new tailpipe rules that could push EVs to make up two-thirds of new car sales in US by 2032
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EPA Proposes New Tailpipe Rules That Could Push EVs To Make Up Two-Thirds Of New Car Sales In US by 2032

CNN —  The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed ambitious new car pollution rules that could require electric vehicles to account for up to two-thirds of new cars sold in the US by 2032, in what would be one of the Biden administration’s most aggressive climate-change policies yet. The tailpipe standards would also have the effect of cutting planet-warming pollutionContinued

The big reason why the U.S. is seeking the toughest-ever rules for vehicle emissions
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The Big Reason Why The U.S. Is Seeking The Toughest-Ever Rules For Vehicle Emissions

The Clean Truck Check started in January 2023 with the screening of vehicles for high emissions using roadside monitoring equipment. In July 2023, CARB staff plans to release updated guidance on the next phases of the program, including the owner/vehicle reporting and compliance fee payment requirements, as well as the periodic vehicle testing requirements. Currently,Continued