Karsan Otomotiv Sanayii ve Ticaret A.S, is an electric bus manufacturer based in Turkey. Looking to enter the U.S market by certifying their fully electric E-Jest model Federally and in the State of California. While working alongside the ECO team they were able to achieve EPA/CARB certification. With their new certificates approved, Karsan plans toContinued
Engine certification takes a village and we’d like to continue to introduce you to the team behind all of our client success. This month we’re putting the spotlight on Davin Weaver, Senior NRSI (non-road spark ignition) Program Manager Davin Weaver. How did you get started in engine certification at ECO? – By complete chance! IContinued
$2.8 million to fund Cleaner Air for Kids – Zero Emission School Bus project in the South Coast Air Basin The California Air Resources Board (CARB) reached a settlement agreement with FCA US LLC (FCA) of Auburn Hills, Mich. for $5,601,090 for violations of CARB’s air quality regulations. This is the second enforcement action againstContinued
The California Air Resources Board today announced the opening of a new funding category offered through its Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project (CORE), which will make point-of-sale discount vouchers available for zero-emission professional landscape service equipment. This new funding category, administered by CALSTART, has an allocation of over $27 million of voucher funds for professional landscapeContinued
The Zero-Emission Powertrain Certification Regulation (ZEPCert) is one of several programs the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has developed to help advance California’s transition to zero‑emission technologies. ZEPCert was developed to support current and future advanced‑technology measures applicable to medium‑ and heavy‑duty vehicles, by helping ensure that zero‑emission technologies being deployed are able to meetContinued
The California Air Resources Board (the Board or CARB) adopted new mobile source certification and compliance fees at the April 22, 2021 public Board hearing. The regulations were finalized by the Office of Administrative Law on January 18, 2022 with an effective date of April 1, 2022. On April 1st, CARB staff launched the implementationContinued
Accepting Applications Beginning 1:00 PM on August 9, 2022 Starting August 9, 2022, applications will be accepted statewide for replacement of eligible Class 8 trucks with zero-emission technology. Approximately $9 million is available on a first-come, first served basis to eligible applicants throughout California from the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust for Class 8 zero-emission freightContinued
“CARB DMS” was the electronic document management system used by manufacturers to submit application documents and supporting documents for CARB certification staff review and approval. CARB DMS was terminated on July 27, 2022. “CARB-eFILE” hereafter referred to as “eFILE” is the electronic document management system that has replaced “CARB DMS”. If you’re having issues withContinued
The CARB 2021 Annual Enforcement Report The CARB annual enforcement report has been published and available to download here. The 106 page report is a 50/50 mix of deep dives into programs CARB spearheads and an extensive appendix of compliance penalties and statistics. In 2021, the total number of closed enforcement actions 2,746 with totalContinued
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