What is CORE?
The California Air Resources Board (CARB), in partnership with CALSTART, launched the Clean Off Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project (CORE) to accelerate the purchase of zero-emission freight handling equipment in California.
CORE, analogous to the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP), is a new project intended to encourage California companies to purchase or lease currently commercialized zero-emission off-road freight equipment by providing a streamlined voucher process to offset the higher cost of such technologies.
CORE voucher amounts are based on the incremental cost difference between traditional equipment and new zero-emission alternatives. Additional funding is available for charging infrastructure and equipment deployed in pollution overburdened communities (DACs).
How to Participate:
Choose your role in the purchase process:
- Manufacturers
- Criteria for Eligibility
- Any manufacturer of equipment that meets California CORE technology eligibility requirements can become a CORE-eligible manufacturer.
- Steps for Participating in CORE
- Read and understand the CORE Implementation Manual
- Compile documents outlined in Attachment A
- Send complete application package to CORE@arb.ca.gov
- Advise dealers to enroll
- Telematics Reporting:
- All manufacturers that have sold equipment through CORE are required to submit telematics reports QUARTERLY.
- Dealers
- Criteria for Eligibility:
- Any vendor that has an affiliation with a CORE-eligible manufacturer can become a CORE-certified dealer. Manufacturers can also fill the role of dealer for their own equipment.
- Steps for Participating in CORE:
- Dealers interested in participating in CORE must complete the following tasks:
- Review the following training material:
- 1.) Implementation Manual;
- 2.) Voucher Funding Tables;
- 3.) Voucher Request Instructions;
- 4.) Voucher Redemption Checklist
- Email info@californiacore.org regarding your interest in becoming a CORE Approved Dealer.
- Take the CORE Dealer Training Quiz. You must pass the quiz with a score of 100%.
- Print and sign the Dealer Registration Form as well as the Department of Treasury IRS W-9 Form. Please email a scanned copy of the forms to info@californiacore.org before mailing the original copy to:
- Equipment User
- Criteria for Eligibility:
- Any off-road equipment user in California is eligible. If you would like to participate, the equipment you purchase must be domiciled and operate for at least 3 years in California after the voucher redemption date. Equipment users must also submit activity reports for 3 years.
- The size of the fleet does not affect voucher amounts, and equipment users have no limitation on the number of vouchers for which they can apply.
- Steps for Participating in CORE:
- Select equipment that suits your needs from the catalog below.
- Contact an affiliated vendor(s) ¬– they are trained to apply for and process the CORE voucher
- Provide the vendor with equipment domicile location and other information
- Purchase your CORE-discounted equipment!
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