Market Acceleration

What We Do

  • Design, develop, implement, and administer streamlined, next-generation voucher incentive programs supported by fleets and industry for governments and agencies seeking to spur the adoption of zero-emission (ZE) vehicles and infrastructure.
  • Structure effective incentive and investment strategies by working with industry and fleets to better understand and overcome barriers to technology production, adoption, and deployment.
  • Foster partnership between the financial sector and member companies to identify innovative mechanisms for catalyzing private investment and financing to accelerate mass-market adoption of mature ZE transportation technology segments. 

Featured Work

California HVIP

Administered by CALSTART on behalf of the California Air Resources Board, this program has invested over $1 billion in ZE medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs) across California. Voucher requests in 2022 alone totaled beyond $240 million. 

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New York NYTVIP

Administered by CALSTART, the New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program provides discount vouchers (up to $385,000) to fleets across New York to purchase or lease ZE-MHDVs. 

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Global Commercial Vehicle Drive to Zero

CALSTART’s global program co-leads the Global Memorandum of Understanding on ZE-MHDVs with the Government of the Netherlands, a global agreement between 38 national governments and 240+ industry endorsers calling for 100% new sales of ZE-MHDVs by 2040. 

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Ride Clean Mass

Administered by CALSTART on behalf of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, this program will distribute more than $5 million in rebates to rideshare and taxi drivers in Massachusetts looking to switch to ZE vehicles, stacking incentives that can total up to $17,500. 

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Innovative Financing Toolkit

Created by CALSTART, this centralized hub for green banks, investors, philanthropic foundations, and financial institutions provides access to our expert insights on mitigating early-stage risks and driving self-sustaining market growth for ZE equipment.

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Phasing in U.S. Charging Infrastructure

Developed by CALSTART, this roadmap shows how the U.S. can implement a national buildout of infrastructure at the scale and speed needed to support rapid adoption of ZE-MHDVs, targeting priority areas for first development. 

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Initiatives

Trucks & Off-Road Equipment

We design, develop, and administer incentive programs for commercial MHD on-road vehicles and off-road equipment customized to fit your organization’s needs. 

Light-Duty Vehicles

We offer incentive strategies and can design, develop, and administer programs to accelerate adoption of ZE light-duty vehicles. 

Clean Fuels & Infrastructure

We engage in research, policy, and incentive programs to build infrastructure that will support broad adoption of ZE vehicle operations.