Twelve California recipients have been awarded $135.2 million by the Environmental Protection Agency to purchase a combined total of 455 zero-emission vehicles, Senator Alex Padilla announced on Friday.
The funding comes from the Inflation Reduction Act as part of EPA’s new Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grant Program.
“Reducing heavy-duty vehicle and school bus pollution is essential to protecting Californians’ public health and combating the climate crisis,” Senator Padilla said in a statement. “This substantial Inflation Reduction Act investment will replace diesel-powered vehicles and fossil fuel-powered school buses with zero-emission alternatives, delivering cleaner air and creating good-paying jobs for the communities most impacted by pollution across our state.”
Some of the California recipients are:
- South Coast Air Quality Management District — $58.74 million
- Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Transportation Services Division—$20.37 million: The investment will help replace 50 fossil fuel-powered school buses with zero-emission electric models and install supporting electric charging infrastructure.
- Oakland Unified School District—$15.18 million. This investment will help replace 60 fossil fuel-powered school buses with zero-emission models.
- Port Department of the City of Oakland—$10.50 million. This investment will help replace 60 UPS delivery trucks with zero-emission battery electric models and install supporting charging infrastructure at three logistics centers in Oakland, San Francisco, and Richmond.
- San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District—$8.93 million. This investment will help replace 26 fossil fuel-powered Class 6 and 7 on-road trucks operating within the Valley with new zero-emission models.
The complete list of recipients can be found here.
EPA will work with selected applicants over the coming weeks to finalize the awards, with an estimated completion timeline of early 2025.
