The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will make US$60 million in Clean Truck Fund Rate funding available through the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) for vouchers toward the purchase of zero-emission, Class eight drayage trucks to operate at the San Pedro Bay port complex.
Each port is providing US$30 million through the Clean Truck Fund (CTF) Rate, which collects US$10 per TEU from cargo owners on loaded containers entering and exiting the port complex. The CTF Rate is a key component of the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan goal of 100% zero-emissions drayage trucks by 2035.
According to Port of Los Angeles, the voucher programme utilises the existing HVIP funding application process to provide incentive funding toward eligible zero-emissions truck purchases servicing the port complex.
Launched by the California Air Resources Board, HVIP is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of cap-and-trade dollars to work by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy and improving public health and the environment – particularly in disadvantaged communities similar to those adjacent to the ports. Funding is administered by CALSTART, the current HVIP administrator, on a first-come, first-served basis.
Voucher enhancements funded by the ports are US$100,000 per truck for fleets with 10 or fewer trucks, and US$75,000 for fleets with more than 10 trucks — additional to the HVIP drayage voucher amount of US$150,000 per truck and any other applicable HVIP voucher enhancements.
Additionally, the highest potential voucher amount is US$250,000 per truck. This funding will support the purchase and deployment of up to 800 new zero-emissions trucks.
