The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved the 2022-2023 Investment Plan Update, a $2.9 billion investment plan for California’s 2025 electric vehicle (EV) charging and hydrogen refueling goals. The funds will support the deployment of zero-emission trucks, school buses, and transit buses. The CEC estimates the plan, part of the state’s Clean Transportation Program, will result in 90,000 new EV chargers across the state, more than doubling the 80,000 chargers currently in place. With funding from other programs, the state projects to deploy 250,000 chargers by 2025.
The plan includes:
$1.7 billion for medium- and heavy-duty ZEV infrastructure.
$900 million for light-duty EV charging infrastructure.
$118 million for ZEV manufacturing.
$90 million for hydrogen refueling infrastructure.
$97 million for emerging opportunities such as aviation, locomotive, marine vessels and vehicle-grid integration.
$15 million zero- and near-zero-carbon fuel production and supply.
$15 million for low-carbon fuels.
$10 million for workforce development.
CARB Clean Transportation Incentives
In November, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved a plan for $2.6 billion in clean transportation incentives, including consumer vehicle rebates and heavy-duty and off-road equipment investments. The plan includes:
$2.2 billion for clean trucks and buses, and off-road equipment. This includes more than $2 billion for zero-emission trucks and buses and off-road equipment including school buses, transit buses, and drayage trucks, $33 million for financing for small truck fleets transitioning to cleaner technologies, and $135 million for demonstration and pilot projects, including commercial harbor craft.
$381 million for clean transportation equity projects. This includes $326 million for vehicle purchase incentives and $55 million for clean mobility investments.