CITY OF STOCKTON
Motiv Power Systems employees discuss
an Electric Powered Intelligent Chassis F-59
being built in its Stockton facility, which
opened in February.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MOTIV POWER SYSTEMS
zero-emission forklifts to handle the
cargo at its facility and replaced diesel-
powered equipment with battery-
powered, clean-energy vehicles. The
port has air- and water-quality programs
that require main engines to be shut off
to lower carbon emissions and reduce
the amount of pollutants in water runoff,
respectively, as well as wildlife initiatives,
like owl nest boxes (and live streaming
of the nests). The Port of Stockton is the
second port in California to get Green
Marine certified.
Motiv Power Systems
Motiv Power Systems, a sustainable
technology company based in San
Francisco that makes electric chassis,
opened a facility in Stockton in February.
Motiv partners with Ford, modifying
trucks and shuttle and school buses
with software and electronics to make
them electric vehicles. Matt O’Leary,
Motiv chairman and CEO, says the
Stockton facility serves as a predelivery
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inspection and service center. “Stockton
was important because of the hundred
vehicles that we have deployed, almost
half of those are in the Central Valley.
We wanted to have a location that was
central to our customers,” he says, and
Motiv is providing job opportunities in
the region. “We found contacts famil-
iar with the technology we work with.
We hired locals right out of Stockton,”
O’Leary says. The company plans to play
a role in assisting with clean transporta-
tion as a solution to improve air quality
in Stockton.
The Sustainable
Neighborhood Plan
In 2018, Stockton received a $170,000
grant from the California Strategic
Growth Council. With the award, the
Transformative Climate Communities
Planning Grant, the city created a sus-
tainable development plan. The project,
called The Sustainable Neighborhood
Plan, conducted outreach with local