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Ting Proposes New Changes To California’s Clean Car Rebate Program

by ECT

San Francisco – Recognizing that the state must do more to meet its greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals, Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) unveiled AB 1046 Monday to drastically reform the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP), California’s existing rebate program for clean cars. The proposal gears up efforts to get more zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) on our roads and do so at a faster pace than ever before. Modeled after the state’s solar rebate program, the revamped CVRP would initially increase the rebate amount given to consumers. Then, as market penetration grows, the rebates would decline over time.

“There is no real incentive to buy or lease a zero-emission vehicle right now if consumers know the rebate level will be the same year after year – or even worse, run out during the year,” said Ting. “But if consumers have certainty that the rebates will diminish as time goes on, they might act sooner rather than later.”

Since transportation accounts for nearly 40% of GHG emissions in California, cleaner cars are key to reducing harmful pollutants from the air we breathe and helping slow the climate crisis. Then-Governor Jerry Brown issued an Executive Order last year, calling for five million ZEVs to hit the road by 2030. California still has a long way to go – at the beginning of 2019, there were only 550,000 clean cars estimated on its roads.

Reform of the rebate program envisioned through AB 1046 would spur greater adoption of ZEVs.

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5 comments

TSG Jul 9, 2019 - 8:16 am

Here is a fact about electric cars: To build an electric car 25,000 pounds of CO2 are generated. To build a standard gasoline car it is 16,000 pounds of CO2. The difference comes from building the batteries. Then the electric car needs electricity, which is produced with CO2 emissions. Over the lifetime of a car the difference between electric and gasoline for CO2 emissions is only small, with electric being a little better. It depends a little on which fossil fuel is burned to produce the electricity.

Devin Serpa Jul 9, 2019 - 9:22 am

Don’t spread FUD.

Devin Serpa Jul 9, 2019 - 9:23 am

This is great for California. We’re already one of the cleanest fleets, were doubling down on a clean energy future.

Elo Jul 9, 2019 - 8:09 pm

Electric cars suck. Had one for a year and you can count on getting less miles than it says. Stay clear of electric vehicles.

TSG Jul 9, 2019 - 8:58 pm

Devin, this is not FUD. What I don’t like is spending a lot of money for supposedly clean electric cars which they actually are not. I liked Cali pushing emission limits which ultimately made our air pretty clean in the cities. But now they go crazy pushing beyond technical capabilities and lying to the people what really is behind the technologies. The car emissions are leveling out, any additional emission reduction costs very much extra money, and the benefit is in no relation to the cost. We just got to get smart and not go stupid.

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