"Last month, news broke that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) was ending the state's E-Bike Incentive Project to help people of lower and middle income afford e-bikes. CARB hasn't made an official announcement yet, the official webpage has gone dark and CARB's page for the project hasn't been updated. Instead of helping people buy e-bikes, the $17 million that had been allocated for the program but not spent will go to the state's Clean Cars for All program."
"The program had two separate windows where people entered a sort of online lottery for the right to apply for the vouchers. Over 100,000 people were turned away. The first two windows were expected to be a pilot program for both how to spend the $17 million that remained in the first allocation and to fund future programs. Technical glitches aside, it's hard to picture the program being more of a success."
California's Air Resources Board (CARB) is ending the state's E-Bike Incentive Project and has not issued an official announcement; the program webpage is inactive. The $17 million that remained unspent will be redirected to the state's Clean Cars for All program. Bicycle advocates, led by CalBike and a coalition of groups, sent a letter to CARB Board Chair Lauren Sanchez urging restoration of the e-bike incentives. The pilot phase delivered over 2,000 high-quality e-bikes to low-income individuals, but demand far exceeded supply, with more than 100,000 people turned away after two lottery-based application windows. Program execution and technical glitches were criticized.
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