EPA Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grant Program

The Port of Oakland (Port) is a sustainability leader in the transportation and goods movement sector that partners with public agencies, neighboring cities, tenants, community organizations, and other entities to improve the environment, social responsibility, and the economy. The Port owns and operates OAK (OAK) and is working to advance its strategic vision of improving local air quality and eliminating harmful emissions from Port-related activities and is supported by an ambitious statewide goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2045. If awarded, this EPA Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicle (CHDVs) grant would provide needed funding to help achieve the Port’s, local communities’ and State’s emissions reduction goals.

The Port is partnering with United Parcel Service (UPS), a major tenant of the Port and one of the largest fleet operators in Oakland and the greater San Francisco Bay area. The requested funding will be used to replace 60 Class 6 UPS delivery trucks with zero-emission battery electric vehicles and install chargers at three different logistics centers: 40 vehicles and chargers at the facility near OAK; 10 in the San Francisco facility, and 10 in the Richmond facility. These trucks travel through and serve disadvantaged communities so the replacement of diesel-fueled trucks with zero-emission technology will result in significant emissions and noise reductions in communities that are the disproportionately impacted by air pollution.