Consumers once priced out of the electric-vehicle segment now have a chance to buy a new or used EV or plug-in hybrid through new incentives directed at those in California’s lowest income brackets.The initiative is an expansion of the state’s longstanding Enhanced Fleet Modernization Program that offers car owners up to $1,500 for turning in their old vehicles deemed out of compliance with current emissions standards.
The California Air Resources Board, which regulates mobile sources of pollution, established the pilot EV placement program, administered in their respective jurisdictions by the Greater Los Angeles area’s South Coast Air Quality Management District and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, each of which regulates stationary sources of pollution.
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