Ontario International Airport in California has received a $4.15 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to expand electric ground support equipment — the trucks, tugs, and baggage handlers used to service planes at the gate. With the airport's required cost match, total spending on this equipment at two terminals comes to $5.53 million. The money comes through the FAA's Voluntary Airport Low Emissions program, which funds airport projects that cut air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. This is the airport's third such grant in three years.
The goal is to replace diesel and gas-powered ground equipment with electric versions, cutting the fuel burned while planes sit at the terminal. Airport ground vehicles travel short distances at low speeds while hauling heavy loads, which makes them well suited to batteries even before electric passenger cars became common.
This is airport infrastructure news rather than something that changes costs or programs for homeowners. It has no direct bearing on home energy upgrades or rebates. If you're weighing your own energy projects, like insulation, a heat pump, or solar, the more relevant developments are the ones covering residential incentive programs, not airport fleet electrification.
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- Program
- Federal Voluntary Airport Low Emissions (VALE)
- Amount
- $4,147,752
- Technology
- electric vehicles
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