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https://www.greencarcongress.com/2019/08/20190806-carb.html
. . . The “Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project” (CORE) will feature a streamlined voucher process for buyers to receive funding that will offset the higher costs of clean, zero-emission equipment including terminal tractors, transport refrigeration units, cargo-handling equipment and more.
Under the CORE program a business owner could receive $180,000 to cover the difference between a zero-emission tractor and one that is powered by diesel. The program also encourages deployment of cleaner technology in disadvantaged communities by providing up to 10 percent higher incentives for zero-emission equipment that will be used in these areas.. Awards can’t exceed $500,000 per piece of equipment.
CORE is based on California’s popular Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP), which is helping to facilitate and commercialize use of clean on-road technologies by transit agencies throughout the state.
From its inception in 2009, more than $447 million has been allocated to HVIP. The investment will bring the total number of ultra-clean trucks and buses operating on California’s roadways to more than 7,000 over the next two years with more on the way, as demand for vouchers continues to grow. Additionally, HVIP has helped more than 1,100 California fleets buy cleaner vehicles. . . .
CORE targets commercialized zero-emission products, including the types of equipment listed below. Other equipment categories may be added in the future.
- On- and off-road terminal tractors
Transport refrigeration units
Forklifts (greater than 8,000 lbs. lift capacity)}
Container handling equipment
Airport cargo loaders
Wide-body aircraft tugs
Railcar movers
Rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes. . . .
Anyone interested in buying equipment through the CORE program should note that their fleets must already be in full compliance with the state’s existing applicable regulations (Truck and Bus, TRU, Off-Road, Large Spark Ignition, Cargo-Handling, etc.). The CORE program cannot be used to bring fleets into compliance.
CORE funding is expected to be available before the end of the year.
