An Opportunity to Clean Up Heavy Fleets

Our clean transportation transition has focused primarily on passenger cars. However, a smaller number of vehicles – medium and heavy vehicles like freight trucks, buses, and port equipment contribute a disproportionate amount of pollution. They have a significant impact on local air quality. They often operate extended hours, often in communities already suffering from higher pollution and associated health burdens. Cutting diesel near schools, along bus routes, and in port areas is a public health investment and a climate win.

The Hawaiʻi State Energy Office’s Diesel Replacement Rebate program is a tool to tackle this problem.