I looked into this too. I found the same site as posted above. I emailed the people involved and the bottom line was: you don't want to be a snowball in that hell. The little guy, one-off, you-and-me joe blow doing a conversion will see no money from the ca gov grant program. CA gov has no money anyway.
I wrote to all my gov agencies....local, county and state. Results was NADA.
Not a dime available.
If you were doing your thesis on 'modular dynamic aerodynamic variation effects on drag and lift in an electric automotive transportation device' then you might have a chance.......if you are a liberal.
Eric