Newly Updated Tool IDs Vehicles Eligible for HVIP Funding
Newly Updated Tool IDs Vehicles Eligible for Incentive Funding in California and New York
julio 7, 2021
An innovative online tool that catalogs global zero-emission truck and bus models now makes it easier to identify the vehicles eligible for significant point-of-sale discounts in California and New York. CALSTART’s Zero-Emission Technology Inventory (ZETI) now features Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) and New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program (NYTVIP) “badges” on vehicle model descriptions. This new information was added to help raise awareness around the types of vehicles these two leading edge programs support.
More information can be found in the press release.
Record year for California Climate Investments: $3.1 billion invested in 2020 across California (5/10/2020)
Despite the challenges posed by a global pandemic and unprecedented heat and wildfires, 2020 was another record year for California Climate Investments with more than $3.1 billion invested in more than 51,000 projects across California’s 58 counties and with total program investments since 2014 benefitting priority populations topping $4 billion. Projects implemented in 2020 alone will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 18 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent over the course of their lifetimes.
Of the $3.1 billion investment in 2020, $1 billion is benefiting disadvantaged and low-income communities and households — collectively referred to as priority populations. To date, more than $4 billion in California Climate Investments funds have benefited priority populations — nearly half of all project investments.
Nearly a half million projects have been funded so far since the first California Climate Investments appropriations were made in 2014. These projects are providing substantial benefits to communities across the state while making significant greenhouse gas emission reductions. To date, California Climate Investments projects are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 66 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent during their lifetimes, not including an additional 102 million metric tons expected from a completed High-Speed Rail project. The $3.1 billion 2020 investment included nearly $1.4 billion in funds implemented last year by the California High-Speed Rail Authority.
Select highlights from the 2021 Annual Report include:
• More than 40,000 consumer rebates issued for zero-emission and plug-in hybrid vehicles, with a growing percentage, 38 percent last year, going to lower-income applicants
• 2,462 new, affordable housing units under contract
• 128,000 acres of land preserved, restored or treated
• 148,000 tons of waste diverted from landfills
• 341 million gallons (gas and diesel) fuel use avoided
• 500,000 trees planted
More information can be found in the eblast announcements one and two and on California Climate Investments' website.
CARB includes more California disadvantaged communities in statewide Community Air Protection Program
California’s relentless fight for clean air continues as the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved the addition of three new disadvantaged communities to the Community Air Protection Program. These diverse, urban and rural areas will be able to put into practice lessons learned in the community approach developed under AB 617 over the past three years.
Under the Community Air Protection Program, community members work with local air districts to conduct air monitoring and prepare community emissions reduction programs. These include a mix of strategies to reduce air pollution or exposure at the community level, including new regulations, targeted incentive funding, enhanced enforcement, and coordinating efforts with other agencies based on community priorities.
Arvin – Lamont in the San Joaquin Valley Air District, and South Los Angeles in the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) will be new communities with air monitoring and Emissions Reduction Programs. Richmond – San Pablo, one of the original 10 communities in the program, will move forward to develop a Community Emission Reduction Program based on its previous air monitoring plan.
For more information, please read the eblast and visit CARB's page for the Community Air Protection Program.
Posted 3/8/2021
Bienvenidos a la nueva página web
- Las flotas pueden empezar por la página de compradores. Allí podrás aprender cómo participar en el HVIP y acceder a otros recursos útiles. Entre estos recursos se incluyen herramientas de financiación, kits de herramientas para la planificación de infraestructuras y mucho más.
- Las flotas también pueden visitar la página de vehículos. Allí podrán consultar el catálogo de vehículos aptos para el programa HVIP y encontrar concesionarios autorizados.
- Los concesionarios y fabricantes pueden empezar por la página de vendedores. Allí encontrará información sobre cómo convertirse en un concesionario homologado por el HVIP o cómo ofrecer vehículos que cumplan los requisitos del HVIP.
New Resource for Transit Agencies Interested in Cleaner Buses
Transit agencies and representatives seeking a step-by-step pathway to cleaner bus fleets, please check out the Clean Transit Innovation Network (CTIN) at www.cleantransitnetwork.org. CTIN reports on efforts to deploy, test and commercialize low- and zero-emissions transit buses. It provides critical tools to support agencies as they transition their fleets to near- and zero-emission vehicles and adopt clean fuels infrastructure. We are helping transit agencies in communities of all shapes and sizes to transform bus fleets nationwide.
Posted 4/13/2020
HVIP Launches Funding Finder Tool for Vehicles and Infrastructure
HVIP is proud to announce the launch of the Advanced Vehicle Technology and Infrastructure Funding Finder Tool. Developed to provide a centralized online resource on available California funding programs, the Funding Finder allows users to evaluate incentive programs for medium- and heavy-duty advanced vehicles and equipment technology, infrastructure and planning grants. By the click of a mouse, a user can easily evaluate funding depending on one’s location, technology type, and funding amount.
CALSTART created the Funding Finder in partnership with state funding agencies, air districts and utilities to ensure that users have access to the latest information on available funding in the state of California. The Funding Finder seeks to help users evaluate funding options while helping the state advance clean technologies to meet important emission reduction goals and build healthier communities.
Check Out the Funding Finder for free at www.fundingfindertool.org and share it with your colleagues!
Posted 3/31/2020
Exención parcial del impuesto sobre las ventas y el uso para los autobuses de transporte público de cero emisiones
El proyecto de ley 784 de la Asamblea establece una exención parcial del impuesto sobre las ventas y el uso para la compra y el arrendamiento de autobuses de transporte público de cero emisiones que cumplan los requisitos en California. Desde el 9 de octubre de 2019 hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2023, los compradores que cumplan los requisitos podrán beneficiarse de esta exención fiscal.
Para beneficiarse de la exención fiscal parcial, los compradores deben cumplir tres condiciones: 1. El autobús debe ser un autobús de transporte público; 2. El comprador debe ser: una administración municipal o provincial, un distrito de transporte o un organismo público que preste servicios de transporte público; 3. El autobús de transporte público debe cumplir los requisitos del Proyecto de Incentivos mediante Bonos para Camiones y Autobuses Híbridos y de Cero Emisiones (HVIP).
Los autobuses de transporte público que cumplen los requisitos del programa HVIP se pueden consultar en elcatálogo en línea. La exención fiscal parcial se aplica independientemente de si se utilizó financiación del programa HVIP para la compra o el arrendamiento del autobús de transporte público. No es necesario quelas compras se realicen a través de un concesionario o fabricante que cumpla los requisitos del programa HVIP para poder acogerse a la exención fiscal parcial. Para obtener más información y consultar las definiciones específicas de los autobuses de transporte público, consulte el folleto informativo o visite www.CDTFA.ca.gov.
Publicado el 10 de enero de 2020
¡Este mes llegan nuevos fondos a HVIP!
¡Este mes llegan nuevos fondos al programa HVIP! La última ronda de financiación del Programa de Inversión Climática de California (California Climate Investment), procedente de la Oficina de Recursos Atmosféricos (ARB), para TODOS los vales del HVIP estará disponible en breve. Esta financiación es posible gracias a los ingresos obtenidos en las subastas del sistema de comercio de derechos de emisión de California. Esto significa que, a finales de febrero de 2017, podremos tramitar las solicitudes de la lista de espera para vehículos híbridos y de cero emisiones, así como aceptar nuevos vales para TODAS las categorías. CALSTART ha sido seleccionada para continuar como administradora del programa HVIP de California por sexto año consecutivo y pronto firmará el contrato para el ciclo de financiación del año fiscal 2016-17, lo que permitirá disponer de estos fondos. Gracias por colaborar con el personal de la ARB y de CALSTART mientras gestionamos la enorme demanda que está llegando al proyecto. CALSTART seguirá trabajando intensamente con los funcionarios del Estado de California para conseguir fondos adicionales para vehículos híbridos, de cero emisiones y con motores de bajo NOx.