Outcomes and Results for the Driving Clean Assistance Program
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Clean Transportation Incentives
Cumulative Program Statistics as of November 1, 2025
- $160 million allocated1
- 5,900 vehicles implemented2
- 45,300 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) reductions2
- 5.1 tons of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) reductions2
- .8 tons of hydrocarbon (HC) and reactive organic gases (ROG) reductions2
- 1.8 tons of particulate matter (PM) reductions2
Benefits to Priority Populations
A tiered incentive structure provides maximum incentives to the lowest income participants purchasing or leasing the cleanest technology vehicles that reside within and near priority populations. This reduces health risks and transportation costs, and provides greater, more reliable mobility and increased access to clean transportation to priority populations.*
* Priority populations include residents of: (1) census tracts identified as disadvantaged by California Environmental Protection Agency per Senate Bill 535; (2) census tracts identified as low-income per Assembly Bill (AB) 1550; or (3) a low-income household per AB 1550.
- 1Total includes only funding for the original Financing Assistance pilot projects (Drive Clean Assistance Project and Clean Vehicle Assistance Program) and the financing assistance portion of the statewide Driving Clean Assistance Program (DCAP). Additional funding ($125M) for the statewide Clean Cars 4 All and ($10M) for the Zero-Emission Assurance Project are also administered through DCAP but have cumulative outcomes reflected on their respective program pages and are not included in this value.
- 2abcde Based on approximately $57M in financing assistance funding implemented as of September 2025.