The Air Resources Board (ARB) has several financial opportunity programs that provide grants, loans and loan guarantees, vouchers, or
rebates to help truck and equipment owners with the purchase of cleaner trucks and equipment.
Funding may be available for the following: medium heavy-duty diesel trucks (14,000 to 33,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating) and
heavy heavy-duty diesel trucks (33,001 pounds or more gross vehicle weight rating), trailers, and transport refrigeration units (TRU's or reefers).
Below is a tool to help you find financial opportunities that may be available to help you clean up your trucks and equipment.
For questions regarding ARB's diesel regulations or any of ARB's financial opportunity programs for trucks, please contact the Diesel Hotiline at (866) 6-DIESEL (634-3735).
Financial Opportunities for Trucks
Please tell us more about your diesel truck or fleet of trucks. This information remains anonymous.
In general, "owner" means either (A) the person registered as the owner or lessee of a vehicle by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), or its equivalent in another state, province, or country; or (B) a person shown by the registered owner to be legally responsible for the vehicle's maintenance.
"Truck Operator" the driver of the vehicle or any person, party or entity that controls the operation of a truck.
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"Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)" means the weight specified by the manufacturer as the maximum loaded weight of a single vehicle. The GVWR is typically identified on the label in the door jamb.
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A "box-type" trailer is either a dry van or refrigerated van trailer that is not a drop frame trailer. Does not include curtain side vans, flat bed trailers, or other types of trailers.
A "dry van" trailer is an enclosed, rectangular non-climate controlled trailer.
A "refrigerated van" (or reefer) is a rectangular trailer that has either a refrigeration or heating unit built into it.
"Transport Refrigeration Units (TRUs)" are refrigeration systems powered by diesel internal combustion engines designed to refrigerate or heat perishable products that are transported in various containers, including semi-trailers, truck vans, shipping containers, and rail cars.
"Diesel-Fueled Auxiliary Power Systems" are diesel-fueled ancillary power systems that use small diesel engines to generate power for cab heating, cab cooling, and operating auxiliary cab appliances.
"School bus" is a motor vehicle as defined in California Vehicle Code, section 545 and transports pupils.
"Shuttle vehicle" means a diesel-powered motor vehicle of any gross vehicle weight rating with a capacity of 10 or more passengers, routinely driving an average of 10 trips per day to or from airport terminals, marine terminals, and rail based stations.
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