• Comment: With a reference, the first I checked, that failed verification I am declining this to seek tonsure that you check 100% of the references 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 21:26, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: Most of the sources are either primary or do not mention the subject. There are a few good sources, but the promotional tone is the most blatant issue right now. LittlePuppers (talk) 03:04, 2 January 2024 (UTC)


TypeNonprofit

Calstart is a non-profit organization for zero-emission transportation. It administers governmental programs, the majority funded by the California Air Resources Board and the California Energy Commission,[1] and provides policy analysis to support clean technology and infrastructure acceleration.[2] It is headquartered in Pasadena, California.[3] Candid, an independent charity evaluator, has given Calstart a Platinum Transparency rating.[4][failed verification]

History

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Calstart was established in response both to the growing contribution to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions by the transportation sector, and to the decline of jobs in aerospace industry after the end of the Cold War,[5] as part of a plan to create a clean transportation industry in the state.[6][7][8][9] It created a showcase electric vehicle[5] within its first year. It helped develop hybrid and electric powertrains for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and components, including the first hybrid electric bus[10] and components like differentials[11] or aluminum spaceframes for electric vehicles.[12]

Areas of work

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Calstart operates in the road and off-road transportation sectors, mainly focusing on zero- and low-emission medium and heavy-duty vehicles and their alternative fuels and charging infrastructures. In the US, it is active in market acceleration programs,[13] technical and market analyses,[14] public policy advisory,[15] and support for its member organizations. Internationally, it runs Drive to Zero,[16] part of Clean Energy Ministerial, and Global Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),[17] co-led with the Netherlands. Both programs focus on decarbonizing commercial vehicles.

References

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  1. ^ "Calstart Audit for period ending September 2023, page 17". ProPublica. February 20, 2024.
  2. ^ Glassford, Alec; Hernandez, Sergio; Lash, Nat; Suozzo, Andrea; Talbot, Ruth (May 9, 2013). "Calstart Form 990 FY ending Sept. 2023". Nonprofit Exporer. ProPublica. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  3. ^ "Non-profit Organizations and Associations Directory". Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and Civic Association. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  4. ^ "CALSTART, Inc". Candid Guidestar Charity Check. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Lynch, David J. (July 1993). "The Calstart consortium (electric vehicle industry)". IEEE Spectrum. 30 (7): 54–57. doi:10.1109/6.222234. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  6. ^ Scott, Allen J. (Fall 1993). "Southern California: The Detroit of Electric Cars?". Access Magazine. Vol. 1, no. 3. pp. 8–13. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  7. ^ Slifko, John; Rigby, D. L. (1995). "Industrial Policy in Southern California: The Production of Markets, Technologies, and Institutional Support for Electric Vehicles". Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. 27 (6): 933–954. Bibcode:1995EnPlA..27..933S. doi:10.1068/a270933.
  8. ^ Miller, Alan C. (October 27, 1991). "Valley Could Be Focus of Push to Build Electric Car". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  9. ^ Ma, Adrian; Wong, Wailin; Katz McKim, Cooper; Willetts, James; Carreras, Angel; Hirsch, Paddy; Concannon, Kate (January 31, 2024). "How to transform a war economy". The Indicator. NPR. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  10. ^ "Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies: Cooperative Agreement" (PDF). DARPA. MDA972-95-2-0011. Retrieved December 7, 2024 – via Defense Tactical Information Center (long load time).
  11. ^ "Joint Tactical Electric Vehicle Differential Development". Retrieved January 1, 2024 – via Defense Tactical Information Center.
  12. ^ Logan, Robert; Prefect, Scott A.; Parkinson, Ray D. (September 19, 1994). "Energy absorption in aluminum extrusions for a spaceframe chassis". Office of Scientific and Technical Information. United States Department of Energy. OSTI 110736. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  13. ^ e.g., "Energiize". California Energy Commission.; "HVIP". California Air Resources Board.
  14. ^ "What EV sales slump? Commercial EV deployments are soaring!". electrek.co. January 16, 2024.
  15. ^ Roberts, Jack (September 6, 2023). "Phasing in U.S. Charging Infrastructure". Heavy Duty Trucking. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  16. ^ "Global Drive to Zero". Clean Energy Ministerial. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  17. ^ "Global Memorandum of Understanding on Zero-Emission Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles". Cabinet of the Netherlands. December 5, 2023. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
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