California Capital Access Program (CalCAP)
California Air Resources Board (CARB)
Heavy-Duty Vehicle Air Quality Loan Program
Designed to provide truck loan assistance for the purchase of heavy-duty vehicles driven primarily in California to comply with the State’s engine emission standards
Contact Information
Please send program inquiries to calcap@treasurer.ca.gov
Quick Links
- Interagency Agreement with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) – Amendment 4 #18MSC004
- Additional COVID-19 Resources for Businesses and Employers
- Recapture Participation Form – Effective August 15, 2017
- Technical Program Summary
- CARB One-Stop Truck Events
- Brochure for CalCAP CARB (PDF)
- Tools for Participating Financial Institution Lenders
- Program Development
- CARB's Truck and Bus Regulation
- CalCAP Regulations
- Sign Up to Receive CPCFA Information
Tools for Truck Loan Borrowers
Highlights
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The CalCAP Heavy-Duty Vehicle Air Quality Loan Program was a loan loss reserve program, which could provide up to 100% coverage on losses from certain loan defaults. With CalCAP, a financial institution received support when it made loans to small businesses for air quality compliant vehicles. See the CalCAP Heavy-Duty Vehicle Air Quality Loan Program Summary for more information.
In a funding partnership that began in 2009 with the California Air Resources Board (CARB), CalCAP has contributed $219 million to support more than 40,000 loans to assist California small business owners purchase more than 40,000 cleaner trucks, which is the equivalent of removing over 13 million passenger cars from the road and 182 tons per year of particulate matter.
Program Sunset Date July 31, 2023
Loans, Claims and Reports
- Change in Loan Terms
- Claims
- Reports
- Media Release Authorization