Port Authority, CALSTART launch $45M EV truck program — SkimNews
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- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey partnered with CALSTART to roll out a $45 million incentive program aimed at electrifying heavy truck fleets at the Port of New York and New Jersey.
- The Clean Truck Incentive (CTI) Program and Green Drayage Accelerator (GDA) directs $39 million in point-of-sale vouchers toward zero-emission drayage trucks, yard tractors, and supporting charging infrastructure.
- Over $5 million will fund five new EV charging hubs within 10 miles of port facilities, with an additional $3 million planning grant going to a newly created Port Community Advisory Council.
- The full $451 million EPA Clean Ports Program grant — the largest sustainability grant in Port Authority history — underwrites these programs and other port decarbonization work.
- CALSTART Executive VP Alycia Gilde said the program "lowers the barrier to entry for drayage operators," while Port Authority Executive Director Kathryn Garcia tied it to the Authority's commitment to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
- The effort parallels port electrification pushes at APM Terminals Elizabeth and Yusen Terminals in Los Angeles, which is investing more than $200 million in its own electrification.
Why it matters: Drayage operators at the busiest East Coast container port gain direct financial support to ditch diesel — $39 million in point-of-sale vouchers plus five new charging hubs within 10 miles of port facilities. The Port Authority's net-zero by 2050 pledge now has a concrete near-term funding mechanism, backed by the largest sustainability grant in the agency's history.
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