Calstart

Market Acceleration: Enabling Fleet Transformation - CALSTART designs, leads, and implements zero-emission vehicle and infrastructure incentive programs for trucks, buses, cars, and off-road equipment for international, federal, state, and local governments. This includes $4 million funding by the Department of Energy for CALSTART's Charge@Work program, and the $30 million award by California Energy Commission's (CEC) for the Communities in Charge project. CALSTART's EnergIIZE program, with a total authorized allocation of $276 million by CEC through 2026, provides incentives to purchase infrastructure equipment for medium/heavy-duty ZEVs. The CEC also awarded $25 million for a ZEV Battery Manufacturing Block Grant.California's Air Resources Board's (CARB) Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project (CORE) receives $266 million in funding, with an additional $27 million now allocated for zero-emission professional landscape service equipment.CARB approved an allocation of over $1.7 billion for Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP). CARB identified $25 million for the Innovative Small E-Fleet (ISEF) set-aside within HVIP.

Promoting Clean Transportation Champions (Member Services, Publications, and Conferences) - CALSTART provides a wide range of networking and strategic partnering opportunities for its 300+ member companies and stakeholder organizations. CALSTART members benefit from the unique research and analysis reports and have access to curated information about opportunities and industry trends in clean transportation. Our program teams also conduct webinars to inform members and others of the latest developments, opportunities, and forecasts about EVs and clean transportation. CALSTART added 92 new member organizations in 2022.In 2022, CALSTART issued the industry-leading Zeroing in on Zero-Emission Trucks (ZET) report, which provides insight on market trends and deployments as the industry prepared for an injection of federal funding. The Electric Highways report, written in partnership with National Grid, CALSTART, RMI, Stable Auto, and Geotab, presented an ambitious but attainable electric highway future in which all vehicles electrify to meet proactive policy goals for zero-emission vehicle sales in New York and Massachusetts.CALSTART's annual Policy Summit was held in Sacramento with members, key policymakers, and industry leaders assessing the state of energy transformation, regulations, and market. At the Global Clean Energy Forum and Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) in Pittsburgh, PA, CALSTART held a ZET Global Expo, presenting trucks currently available for regional freight, last-mile delivery, and refuse operations.

Technology Development and Demonstration Program - CALSTART remains the go-to leader in zero- and low-emission technology assessment, evaluation, and planning assistance. CALSTART serves as the medium and heavy-duty vehicle advisor to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and assists in development of its ongoing Heavy Duty Investment Plan to meet 2030 climate and clean air objectives. CALSTART produces original and compiled research on industry and market dynamics and ways to accelerate transformation to provide accessible technical assistance, road-mapping, and guidance.In June 2022, CALSTART held a showcase, Ride and Drive event in Fontana, CA to demonstrate the range of available zero-emission vehicles available for fleet transformation.For the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s 2022 Clean School Bus Rebates, CALSTART launched its Electric School Bus Network website as a critical resource for all those working to advance the electrification of school buses.CALSTART was one of the winners of the $8 million Grand Prize award in the Electric Truck & Bus Challenge - part of the New York Clean Transportation Prizes program by NYSERDA - for its Freight Electrification-as-a-Service for Transformation (FEaST) proposal. CALSTART also provides technical assistance to NYSERDA's New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program (NYTVIP). Mass Fleet Advisor is a technical assistance program for private MHDV fleets; CALSTART is the prime recipient of Massachusetts Clean Energy Center's (MassCEC) program.

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