Calstart

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 $74 million budget approved by California Energy Commission's (CEC) for the Communities in Charge project. CALSTART's EnergIIZE project, with a total approved budget of $276 million by CEC through 2026, provides incentives via reimbursement for EV and H2 infrastructure to support medium/heavy-duty ZEVs. The CEC also awarded $25 million for a ZEV Battery Manufacturing Block Grant.(See Schedule O)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.

CALSTART provides a wide range of networking and strategic partnering opportunities for its 280+ 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. (See Schedule O)In 2023, 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. CALSTART also presented a vision and roadmap for how the United States can build out infrastructure to support rapid zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicle (ZE-MHDV) adoption. The Phasing in U.S. Charging Infrastructure report features findings from a model and scenario CALSTART developed, showing how to accelerate infrastructure buildout with a targeted, phase-in strategy.

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, guidance. In June 2023, CALSTART held a showcase, ride & drive event in Fresno, CA to demonstrate the range of available zero-emission vehicles available for fleet transformation.(See Schedule O)For 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.Recent major federal awards include CALSTART securing $412,000 in revenue from the Department of Energy (DOE) Vehicle Technology Office as part of two awards totaling $32 million. CALSTART is also a sub-contractor on one of the FHWA Clean Fuel and Infrastructure Awards, receiving $63.8 million for the I-10 corridor project. Additionally, the DOE awarded CALSTART $1.2 million to plan for commercial EV decarbonization along the I-95 corridor.

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