CALSTART

Catalyst Mobility brings together two different NGOs operating in the clean transportation space.

one called CalSTART, one called FORTH.

And the two are combining forces in late 2026, early 2027.

You'll definitely hear more about that from Michael.

32, 33 years ago, a group of people had this kind of bold idea, I And that seems very obvious today.

It was not so obvious at that time.

And that's really when CalSTART was born.

And it was born in California around this idea of starting a new space, almost a new industry around clean transportation.

And buses were ground down here.

There's been efforts by folks like CalSTART and WRI, the Electric School Bus Initiative, to try and find solutions for folks that have these buses that are no longer under warranty.

There's no warranty service, getting parts, the maintenance on them.

Well, there was an investigation launched actually earlier this year into the former ownership of Lion Electric, basically Mark Bedard and his fellow investors that looked at what was deemed some improper selling of shares, some insider trading maybe.

Nearly one in four manufacturers in the program have stopped production or left the market.

Experts say Carb and its partner Calstart failed to vet them.

That is the sort of failure you could see from a long way off, even from a hilt.

Calistoga's council voted unanimously to cancel its November election.

what do you want to say about them

Okay, so their majority, they're owned by Smart Freight Center and Catalyst Mobility, which is formerly known as CalSTART.

So it's supposedly nonprofit organizations, and their program pulls freight demand from major global cargo owners such as Microsoft, Pepsi, Ikea, and Red Bull.

Okay,