Los Angeles Clean Cities Coalition - Clean Vehicles

The Los Angeles Clean Cities Coalition (LACCC) is a designated coalition in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Clean Cities and Communities partnership. Coalitions are  committed to enhancing the nation’s energy security, supporting economic prosperity, and improving air quality locally in each coalitions’ region. As partners with DOE’s Transportation Technologies Office (TTO), coalitions build bridges between national priorities and local needs to support affordable, reliable, and secure transportation systems. With more than 75 DOE-designated coalitions nationwide, the Clean Cities Network represents 90% of the US population and delivers technical expertise to urban, suburban, and rural local markets.

LACCC is hosted by LASAN and has been the local Clean Cities and Communities coalition for the City of Los Angeles since its designation in 1996. LACCC helps City departments adopt cleaner vehicles, reduce fossil fuel usage, and reduce idling of our vehicles. We also support fuel-saving technologies, and we educate the community on sustainable transportation options.

In our history, we have worked with almost every alternative fuel that has emerged. When our coalition was first designated 30 years ago we were already looking at pilot projects including electric vehicles. We also supported the transition of LASAN’s refuse collection fleet from primarily heavy duty diesel vehicles to compressed natural gas and renewable natural gas as part of the clean fuels program. Citywide we’re moving to cleaner options including hybrid and electric light duty vehicles; pilots for medium and heavy duty electrics; a whole fleet of electric buses in LADOT’s DASH routes; using renewable diesel which is readily available in the California market; making agreements to procure and expand the use of sustainable aviation fuels; and promoting the use of shore power at the Port of Los Angeles.
 

We work with city departments, utilities, and community organizations to build a sustainable transportation future for Los Angeles. To best promote cleaner fuels and technology, we connect stakeholders with educational resources, technical assistance, and funding and partnerships.

Principal stakeholders include LASAN, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles Fire Department, the Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles World Airports, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, and the General Services Department.

General stakeholders include Blue LA, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), Communities for a Better Environment, CicLAvia, Promesa Boyle Heights, and the Mayor’s Office of Energy and Sustainability.
 

LACCC helps connect individuals, fleets, and organizations with sustainable transportation resources and tools. The Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC) serves as a key resource for collecting, analyzing, and distributing data on alternative fuels and vehicles. The AFDC hosts many tools that can make adopting clean vehicles easier with the information they provide. For example, a consumer can compare what it would cost them to fill up a vehicle with gasoline and compare that to what it would cost to charge an electric vehicle instead. Out of the large collection of tools, the most popular options include:

LACCC welcomes interested parties reaching out to us, but because our coalition is hosted in the City, there are limits in what we can do. We’re happy to connect you with other City department fleets when appropriate or provide letters of support for projects that are good fits for funding opportunities. However, we can’t make product purchases, and we do not have capacity to engage with every company's sales and marketing solicitations. Companies should sign up for LA’s Regional Alliance Marketplace for Procurement (RAMP) in order to be notified of any vehicle technology announcements and opportunities.