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CTOnews.com, December 18 (Xinhua)-- the California government has approved a $2.9 billion investment plan to accelerate the state's 2025 target for electric vehicle charging piles and hydrogen filling stations.

Under a plan approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC) on December 14th, the investment will add 90,000 new electric vehicle charging piles statewide, more than double the 80,000 already installed. The California Energy Commission estimates that, combined with funding from utilities and other projects, these investments are expected to ensure that the state meets its goal of deploying 250000 charging piles by 2025.

California will allocate $1.7 billion for the development of charging infrastructure for medium and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles and $900 million for charging infrastructure for light electric vehicles. The plan also includes $118 million for the manufacture of zero-emission vehicles and $90 million for hydrogenation infrastructure.

The agency said the money would support the deployment of thousands of zero-emission trucks, school buses and buses "to the communities most affected by medium and heavy vehicle pollution".

Funding for the California Energy Commission's clean transportation program has increased 30-fold compared to 2019, and the latest state budget will spend an additional $2.4 billion over the next four years. At least 50% of the money will be used to benefit priority groups.

Last month, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved a $2.6 billion supplement to clean transportation incentives for consumer vehicle tax rebates and investments in heavy and non-road equipment, CTOnews.com learned.

The two plans are part of Governor Gavin Newsom's $54 billion climate commitment in California. In August, California introduced a rule that all new cars sold in the state must be electric or plug-in hybrids by 2035.

At the federal level, the U.S. Department of Transportation approved plans for electric vehicle charging stations in all 50 states, Washington and Puerto Rico, covering about 75000 miles of roads. The $1 trillion infrastructure bill provides $5 billion to help states install electric vehicle charging piles along interstate highways within five years. States can now receive more than $1.5 billion to help build charging piles for electric cars. Earlier this year, the White House announced that it had approved 35 of the 50 state plans.

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