California Air Resources Board

Funding Tips

Stay compliant: Fleets must remain compliant at all times with the applicable CARB rules for the assistance of any grant funding requested in the application.

Clear all outstanding carb violations: All vehicles must be clear of CARB citations and investigations prior to payment.

Talk to your local air district: Most financial assistance is distributed by California air districts. Contact your air district for more information on available funding.

Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project (CORE)

The Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project (CORE) is intended to accelerate deployment of advanced technology in the off-road sector by providing a streamlined way for fleets to access funding that helps offset the incremental cost of such technology. CORE targets commercial-ready products that have not yet achieved a significant market foothold.
Funding is available for:

• Professional landscape service equipment
• Heavy-duty off-road equipment used for agriculture and contruction
• Cargo-handling equipment
• Forklifts
• Terminal tractors
• Mobile and ground power units
• Transportation refrigeration units

Equipment Catalog

Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program

The Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment (Carl Moyer) Program provides incentive grants for cleaner-than-required engines, equipment and other sources of pollution providing early or extra emission reductions.
Funding is available for:

• The purchase of new equipment to replace the existing equipment. The older equipment must be scrapped.
• New equipment with engines that meet the current California emission standards.

Air Districts

FARMER Program

The Funding Agricultural Replacement Measures for Emission Reductions (FARMER) Program provides funding through local air districts for agricultural harvesting equipment, heavy-duty trucks, agricultural pump engines, tractors, and other equipment used in agricultural operations.

California Volkswagen (VW) Environmental Mitigation Trust

The Volkswagen (VW) Environmental Mitigation Trust provides about $423 million for California to mitigate the excess nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions caused by VW's use of illegal emissions testing defeat devices in certain VW diesel vehicles. CARB entered into agreements with Bay Area AQMD, San Joaquin APCD, and South Coast AQMD to administer the specified eligible mitigation actions defined in the Beneficiary Mitigation Plan, on a statewide basis with the goal of ensuring that 50% of the total funding benefit low-income or disadvantaged communities.

Funding is available Statewide for the categories of vehicles and equipment below1 :

• Zero-emission freight and marine projects including:
  • Heavy-lift forklifts (lift capacity 8,001 lbs.+)
  • Cargo handling equipment (terminal tractors)
  • Airport ground support equipment
  • Ocean-going vessel shore power
  • Zero-emission repowers for ferries, tugboats, and towboats.
• Zero-emission class 8 freight trucks
• Combustion freight and marine projects including:
  • Freight switchers
  • Marine vessel repowers

• 1Zero-Emission School Buses and Light-Duty Infrastructure funds are fully allocated to projects and Transit Bus funding is currently on a waitlist for applications.