SUSTAINABLE HEAVY-DUTY INITIATIVES FOR FUTURE TECHNOLOGY

Projects

SHIFT supports the advancement of clean, heavy-duty transportation technologies by funding demonstration and pilot projects across California. The program helps bridge the gap between early innovation and broader market adoption – providing real-world validation, generating critical performance data, and informing decisions by manufacturers, fleets, and agencies. By accelerating the path to commercialization, SHIFT helps ensure zero-emission technologies are ready to meet the state’s long-term climate and air quality goals.

Technologies

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Trucks

Advancements in truck technologies are reshaping how goods move across California. These vehicles demonstrate cleaner power options, improved performance, and innovations that support more sustainable freight and delivery operations.

Other On-Road

On-road vehicles delivering passenger transport and community services while advancing cleaner, more efficient mobility. Examples include transit and shuttle buses, airport and campus shuttles, and municipal and specialty fleet vehicles.

Cargo Handling Equipment

Equipment used at ports and rail yards – such as cranes, heavy-duty forklifts, and container handlers – is being redesigned for cleaner energy use and improved efficiency. These technologies play a key role in building safer and more sustainable freight operations.

Maritime

From ferries to tugboats, maritime technologies are evolving toward cleaner propulsion, hybrid systems, and electrified operations. These innovations aim to reduce emissions and modernize activity across California’s ports and waterways.

Construction

Construction equipment is transitioning toward cleaner, more efficient, and higher-performing systems. These technologies help modernize worksites, improve safety, and reduce noise and emissions in communities across the state.

Agriculture

Agricultural technologies – from tractors to harvesters – are advancing toward greater efficiency and lower environmental impact. Projects highlight emerging power systems and design improvements that support more sustainable and productive farming.

Other Off-Road

Specialized equipment enabling cleaner, quieter operations while improving performance. Examples include aviation, industrial and forestry machinery, forklifts, material-handling systems, and portable or stationary power units.

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Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative (JETSI)

Deploying 100 Class 8 electric trucks alongside fast charging, solar, energy storage, and fleet management systems to enable reliable, large-scale zero-emission freight operations.

Capture and Control System

Demonstrating a mobile, barge-mounted system that captures and controls tanker emissions at berth, reducing NO_x, particulate matter, and other harmful pollutants in port communities.

Frito-Lay Zero and Near-Zero Emission Project

Transforming a major food manufacturing and distribution facility with electric vehicles, clean fuels, on-site solar generation, and energy storage to reduce freight emissions at scale.

Port of Los Angeles “Shore to Store” Project

Demonstrating an end-to-end zero-emission supply chain using hydrogen fuel cell trucks, electric yard equipment, and clean fueling infrastructure from port to distribution.

Zero Emissions for California Ports (ZECAP)

Validating the commercial viability of fuel cell yard trucks in real-world port operations with high uptime and operational reliability.

Flexible Solutions for Freight Facilities – San Joaquin Valley Zero and Near-Zero Emission Enabling Freight Project

Deploying electric and hybrid freight equipment—from locomotives and cranes to yard trucks—to modernize rail yard operations and reduce emissions in the San Joaquin Valley.

Multi-Source Freight Facility Electric Truck Demonstration Project

Demonstrating battery-electric yard trucks at rail yards and freight hubs to generate real-world performance data and inform large-scale commercialization.

Zero- and Near Zero-Emission Freight Facilities Project: Next Generation Fuel Cell Delivery

Testing next-generation hybrid fuel cell delivery vans on active parcel routes to evaluate performance, reliability, and readiness for broader commercial deployment.

Sustainable Terminals Accelerating Regional Transformation (START) Project – Phase 1

Demonstrating a multi-region, zero-emission freight supply chain spanning vessels, terminals, yard equipment, and trucks across California ports.

Zero-Emission Beverage Handling and Distribution at Scale

Deploying electric Class 8 trucks and charging infrastructure across multiple facilities to demonstrate scalable, zero-emission beverage distribution with minimal disruption to fleet operations.

San Joaquin Valley Electric Tractor Development & Demonstration

Testing battery-electric tractors and a mobile charging truck in real farm operations to validate performance, reliability, and scalability for agricultural use.

Fast-Track Fuel Cell Truck

Deploying fuel cell electric Class 8 trucks to reduce freight emissions while meeting the range and duty-cycle demands of Southern California drayage operations.

Opposed Piston Engine Class 8 Heavy Duty On-Road Demonstration

Demonstrating ultra-low-emission opposed-piston engine technology to reduce freight pollution in long-haul applications where zero-emission solutions are not yet fully viable.

Projects Map

Projects

Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative (JETSI)

Deploying 100 Class 8 electric trucks alongside fast charging, solar, energy storage, and fleet management systems to enable reliable, large-scale zero-emission freight operations.

Capture and Control System

Demonstrating a mobile, barge-mounted system that captures and controls tanker emissions at berth, reducing NO_x, particulate matter, and other harmful pollutants in port communities.

Frito-Lay Zero and Near-Zero Emission Project

Transforming a major food manufacturing and distribution facility with electric vehicles, clean fuels, on-site solar generation, and energy storage to reduce freight emissions at scale.

Port of Los Angeles “Shore to Store” Project

Demonstrating an end-to-end zero-emission supply chain using hydrogen fuel cell trucks, electric yard equipment, and clean fueling infrastructure from port to distribution.

Zero Emissions for California Ports (ZECAP)

Validating the commercial viability of fuel cell yard trucks in real-world port operations with high uptime and operational reliability.

Flexible Solutions for Freight Facilities – San Joaquin Valley Zero and Near-Zero Emission Enabling Freight Project

Deploying electric and hybrid freight equipment—from locomotives and cranes to yard trucks—to modernize rail yard operations and reduce emissions in the San Joaquin Valley.

Projects

Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative (JETSI)

Deploying 100 Class 8 electric trucks alongside fast charging, solar, energy storage, and fleet management systems to enable reliable, large-scale zero-emission freight operations.

Capture and Control System

Demonstrating a mobile, barge-mounted system that captures and controls tanker emissions at berth, reducing NO_x, particulate matter, and other harmful pollutants in port communities.

Frito-Lay Zero and Near-Zero Emission Project

Transforming a major food manufacturing and distribution facility with electric vehicles, clean fuels, on-site solar generation, and energy storage to reduce freight emissions at scale.

Port of Los Angeles “Shore to Store” Project

Demonstrating an end-to-end zero-emission supply chain using hydrogen fuel cell trucks, electric yard equipment, and clean fueling infrastructure from port to distribution.

Zero Emissions for California Ports (ZECAP)

Validating the commercial viability of fuel cell yard trucks in real-world port operations with high uptime and operational reliability.

Flexible Solutions for Freight Facilities – San Joaquin Valley Zero and Near-Zero Emission Enabling Freight Project

Deploying electric and hybrid freight equipment—from locomotives and cranes to yard trucks—to modernize rail yard operations and reduce emissions in the San Joaquin Valley.