Funding programs for fleet electrification

Explore active grants, rebates and incentive programs that can help reduce the cost of transitioning to zero-emission vehicles and charging infrastructure across North America.

Unlock funding opportunities across North America

Funding programs play a critical role in accelerating the transition to zero-emission transport. From vehicle vouchers and infrastructure grants to utility make-ready programs, incentives can significantly reduce the upfront cost of fleet electrification.

 

Our team works with operators, school districts, transit agencies and commercial fleets to identify relevant opportunities and understand how funding can support their electrification plans.

 

This page highlights active programs across our priority markets, helping you quickly explore what’s available and where support may exist for your project.

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California

Website: HVIP

Summary: HVIP is for the deployment of zero-emission and near-zero-emission technologies. HVIP accelerates commercialization by providing point-of-sale vouchers to make advanced vehicles more affordable.

Funding amount: $55.5 Million, Standard HVIP

Closes: First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)

Eligible equipment:

  • +Class 2b-8 Vehicles
California HVIP

Summary: Established as part of a settlement with Volkswagen, the Trust will provide funding to mitigate these excess emissions through the replacement or repower of older heavy-duty vehicles, engines and equipment with zero-emission and other clean technologies.

Funding amount: $60 Million

Closes: First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)

Eligible equipment:

  • +Class 8 Freight and Port Drayage Trucks
VW Truck Funding
Website: RECESS Grant

Summary: The California Energy Commission’s Clean Transportation Program announces grant funding for projects that install electric vehicle charging infrastructure for electric school buses. The program has three funding lanes to apply through.

Funding amount: $22 Million

Closes: Funding Lane 1 is First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted). Funding lanes 2 and 3 are competitive, with applications due August 31, 2026.

Eligible equipment:

  • +Charging Stations
RECESS Grant
Website: CCFR Rebate

Summary: The California Clean Fuel Reward rebate will be available statewide to help fleets access and deploy zero-emission electric technology. It provides a point-of-sale price reduction for customers who buy or lease new battery-electric medium- and heavy-duty Class 2b–Class 8 vehicles for commercial use in California.

Funding amount: $250 Million

Opens: June 26, 2026

Closes: First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)

Eligible equipment:

  • +Electric medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles
  • +Drayage trucks, electric semis, box trucks, delivery vans and other fleet vehicles
CCFR Rebate

Summary: PG&E’s Utility make-ready programme offers infrastructure incentives and charger rebates to offset costs.

Funding amount: N/A

Closes: June 30th, 2026

Eligible equipment:

  • +Make-ready Infrastructure
  • +Charging Stations
PG&E EV Fleet Program

Summary: SCE’s Charge Ready Transport Program offers low-to-no-cost electrical system upgrades to support the installation of electric vehicle charging equipment for qualifying vehicles.

Funding amount: N/A

Closes: June 30th, 2026

Eligible equipment:

  • +Make-ready Infrastructure
  • +Charging Stations
SCE Charge Ready Transport Program

Summary: SDG&E helps install make-ready charging infrastructure for medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles located in its utility territory.

Funding amount: N/A

Eligible equipment:

  • +Make-ready Infrastructure
  • +Charging Stations
SDG&E Make-Ready Program

Colorado

Summary: Funding for electric vehicle (EV) charging to support light-, medium-, and heavy-duty EV fleets.

Funding amount: $5 million Annually

Closes:

  • +Rolling Application: First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)
  • +Standard Application: Spring 2026 closes July 17, 2026

Eligible equipment:

  • +Charging Stations
Fleet-ZERO EV Charging Grant

Summary: Xcel Energy’s Electric School Bus Rebate can assist school districts offset the costs for procuring qualifying electric school buses, and costs to install the EV infrastructure for charging the school bus fleet, earning up to $275,000.

Funding amount: N/A

Closes: Rolling Application; First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)

Eligible equipment:

  • +School Buses
  • +Make-Ready Infrastructure
Electric school bus rebate info sheet

Summary: Xcel Energy’s Electric School Bus Rebate can assist school districts offset the costs for procuring qualifying electric school buses, and costs to install the EV infrastructure for charging the school bus fleet, earning up to $275,000.

Funding amount: N/A

Closes: Rolling Application; First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)

Eligible equipment:

  • +Make-Ready Infrastructure
  • +Charging Stations
Ready EV Program
Website: VW RD9

Summary: Up to $18,000,000 in Volkswagen funding is being made available for all-electric Class 4-8 Local Freight Trucks. Class 8 port drayage trucks that operate at a shipping port are eligible but note Class 4-7 port drayage trucks are ineligible.

Funding amount: $18 Million

Closes: First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)

Eligible equipment:

  • +Class 8 port drayage trucks
VW RD9

Summary: Offering infrastructure incentives for Level 2 and DCFC charging for eligible customers in Ameren service area.

Funding amount: N/A

Closes: First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)

Eligible equipment:

  • +Make-Ready Infrastructure
  • +Charging Stations
ChargeReady Program

Illinois

Website: VW RD9

Summary: Up to $18,000,000 in Volkswagen funding is being made available for all-electric Class 4-8 Local Freight Trucks. Class 8 port drayage trucks that operate at a shipping port are eligible but note Class 4-7 port drayage trucks are ineligible.

Funding amount: $18 Million

Closes: First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)

Eligible equipment:

  • +Class 8 port drayage trucks
VW RD9

Summary: Offering infrastructure incentives for Level 2 and DCFC charging for eligible customers in Ameren service area.

Funding amount: N/A

Closes: First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)

Eligible equipment:

  • +Make-Ready Infrastructure
  • +Charging Stations
ChargeReady Program

Massachusetts

Website: MOR-EV

Summary: MOR-EV is dedicated to making electric vehicles (EVs) more affordable for Massachusetts residents, businesses and non-profit organizations to help achieve clean transportation goals and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and provide more equitable access to EVs.

Funding amount: N/A

Closes: Rolling Application; First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)

Eligible applicants:

  • +Private businesses licensed to do business in Massachusetts
  • +Non-profit organizations licensed to operate in Massachusetts
  • +Educational institutions, such as schools, colleges, and universities
  • +Local, Municipal and State governments and departments
MOR-EV

Michigan

Summary: EGLE is offering grants for projects that will reduce diesel emissions by replacing old vehicles, engines, and equipment, with all-electric vehicles and equipment, focusing on local government fleets, recycling vehicles, compost and food waste recovery vehicles, agriculture, and irrigation equipment. Both public and private entities will be eligible to apply for funds to support eligible projects.

Funding amount: $1.2 million

Closes: First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted); anticipated August 31, 2026

Eligible equipment:

  • +Buses, Medium-Heavy duty trucks and off-road vehicles
EGLE DERA Grant

New York

Summary: NYTVIP provides vouchers, or discounts, to fleets across New York State that purchase or lease medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission battery electric vehicles. Currently funding is only available for non-road equipment.

Funding amount: $18 Million

Closes: First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)

Eligible equipment:

  • +Non-road equipment, for example large forklifts and cargo handling equipment
New York Truck Voucher
Website: NYSBIP

Summary: NYSBIP is a voucher incentive program which will accelerate the deployment of zero-emission school buses and charging infrastructures throughout New York State.

Funding amount: $500 Million

Closes: Rolling Application; First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)

Eligible equipment:

  • +Type A, C & D School Buses
  • +Make-ready infrastructure
  • +Charging Stations
NYSBIP
Website: NYCCTP

Summary: The NYCCTP offers rebate incentive funding to reduce diesel exhaust emissions by replacing older, heavy polluting diesel trucks with new battery-electric or EPA emission compliant alternative fuel, including compressed natural gas, diesel-electric hybrid, plug-in hybrid electric and diesel trucks.

Funding amount: $9.8 Million

Closes: Rolling Application; First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)

Eligible equipment:

  • +Class 4-8 vehicles
NYCCTP

Summary: Program for medium- and heavy-duty and non-road vehicle operators in New York State looking to install charging stations to electrify their fleets. Under the MHD Pilot, Participants can earn incentives of up to 90% of utility-side infrastructure costs and up to 90% of customer-side costs for qualifying projects to mitigate the cost of developing EV charging capacity.

Funding amount: $15 Million

Closes: Rolling Application; First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)

Eligible equipment:

  • +Make-ready infrastructure
Joint Utilities MD/HD EV Make-Ready Program

Summary: PSEG-LI Fleet Make Ready program helps support EV charging infrastructure to support light-duty, medium-duty, or heavy-duty fleet owners with fleet electrification.

Funding amount: N/A

Closes: Rolling Application; First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)

Eligible equipment:

  • +Make-ready infrastructure
PSEG-LI Fleet Make-Ready Program

New Jersey

Summary: Through the Clean Fleet EV and EV Charging Program, local, state and nonprofit entities are eligible for incentives toward the purchase of battery electric vehicles, Level 2 EV charging equipment and direct current fast chargers (DCFCs) for their fleet charging.

Funding amount: N/A

Eligible equipment:

  • +Class 2B-6
  • +Charging Stations
  • +Make-Ready infrastructure
NJ Clean Fleet EV Program

Oregon

Website: ZERO Fleet

Summary: The ZERO Fleet program offers a rebate for Oregon businesses, non-profits and government entities who purchase or lease electric medium and heavy-duty vehicles.

Funding amount: $17 Million

Closes: First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)

Eligible equipment:

  • +Class 2b-8 Vehicles
  • +No funds remaining for Class 3 vehicles
ZERO Fleet

Summary: The Fleet Make-Ready pilot program offers advisory services and tailor-made incentives to support the design and construction costs associated with behind-the-meter EV charging infrastructure.

Funding amount: N/A

Closes: Rolling Application; First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)

Eligible equipment:

  • +Make-ready infrastructure
Pacific Power Fleet Make-Ready Program

Texas

Summary: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is accepting applications for the Texas Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Program (TxVEMP). This program offers grants to replace or repower eligible diesel-fueled vehicles with all-electric models, including support for necessary charging infrastructure.

Funding amount: $100.2 Million

Closes: August 31, 2026

Eligible equipment:

  • +Class 4-8 vehicles and off-road vehicles
Texas Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Program
Website: NTxZEV

Summary: The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) is offering up to $55.4 million in rebate funding for the replacement of existing internal combustion engines (ICE) Class 6 and 7 vehicles with zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) through the North Texas Zero Emissions Vehicles (NTxZEV) Call for Projects (CFP).

Funding amount: $55.4 Million

Closes: Rolling; NCTCOG is accepting applications every 3rd Friday of the month

Eligible equipment:

  • +Vocational Vehicles
  • +Box trucks, step vans, transit buses, flatbed trucks, etc.
NTxZEV

Washington

Website: WAZIP

Summary: WAZIP offers instant point of sale discounts on medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) and equipment, making it easier and more affordable for Washington’s fleets and businesses to switch to cleaner transportation.

Funding amount: $82 Million for On-road, $20 Million for Off-road

Closes: First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)

Eligible equipment:

  • +Class 2b-8 On-road Vehicles
  • +Off-road vehicles
WAZIP

Summary: PSE Up & Go Electric for Fleet assists public and private fleets in their transition to electric vehicles by offering up to $250,000 per charging location.

Funding amount: N/A

Closes: Rolling Application; First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)

Eligible equipment:

  • +Make-ready infrastructure
  • +Charging Stations
  • +Forklift Vehicle
PSE Up & Electric Program

Smart fleet electrification starts with battery management​

Whether you’re just beginning your fleet electrification journey or it’s well underway, this guide will help you achieve the best outcomes from your fleet’s batteries. Learn: 

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  • How to benefit from your batteries’ second lives 
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Head of Product

Pete leads Zenobē’s growing team of Product specialists across all areas of the business. His team oversee our R&D as well as product development in both hardware and software.

 

He has been working in the European E-Mobility sector from over ten years, specialising in the design, build and delivery of software systems for EV Charging.  

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