Project Summary
The objective of this project is to identify potential policy and incentive strategies that promote greater adoption of low-carbon transportation (LCT) technologies (zero and near-zero carbon and pollutant emissions) in the heavy-duty and off-road sectors. The research will: 1. Synthesize current incentive programs and analyze their effect on low-carbon technology uptake among heavy-duty vehicles (HDV) and off-road equipment (ORE), 2. Develop an incentive program performance evaluation tool that quantifies the emissions reductions, health and ancillary benefits and cost-effectiveness of low-carbon transportation incentive programs, 3. Recommend incentive strategies by vehicle and vocation types, and at varying geographic scales (State, regional and community level), and 4. Forecast low-carbon transportation technologies’ attainment of cost parity or market acceptance relative to conventional technologies without incentive program supports.
