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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Federal programs
Website: 2026 DERA Program
Summary: The EPA’s 2026 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants Program is now accepting applications. The program will provide approximately $180 million in funding to help accelerate the upgrade, retrofit, replacement, and turnover of older diesel vehicles and equipment, reducing emissions and improving air quality.
Funding amount: Approximately $180M nationwide
Closes: January 22, 2027
Eligible equipment:
- Buses
- Class 5 – Class 8 heavy-duty highway vehicles
- Locomotives
- Marine engines
- Non-road engines and equipment
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: Funding is now only open to public fleets
Closes: First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)
Eligible equipment:
- Class 2b-8 Vehicles
Website: VW Truck Funding
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
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: $189.6 Million in current funding round
Closes: Current Funding Window, August 1st – November 30th 2026
Eligible equipment:
- Electric medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles
- Drayage trucks, electric semis, box trucks, delivery vans and other fleet vehicles
Website: SDG&E Make-Ready 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
Colorado
Website: Fleet-ZERO EV Charging Grant
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)
Eligible equipment:
- Charging Stations
Website: 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:
- School Buses
- Make-Ready Infrastructure
Website: Ready EV Program
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
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
Website: ChargeReady Program
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
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
Website: ChargeReady Program
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
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
New York
Website: New York Truck Voucher
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
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
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
Website: Joint Utilities MD/HD EV Make-Ready Program
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
Website: PSEG-LI Fleet 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
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
Website: Pacific Power Fleet Make-Ready Program
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
Website: OR DEM Grant
Summary: he 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: $8 Million
Closes: October 21st, 2026
Eligible equipment:
- Class 8 Local Freight and Port Drayage Trucks
- Class 4 – 7 Local Freight Trucks
- Class 4-8 School Bus, Shuttle Bus, or Transit Bus
- Non-road vehicles
Texas
Website: All-Electric – Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
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, 2029
Eligible equipment:
- Class 4-8 vehicles and off-road vehicles
Website: NTxZEV
Summary: The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) is offering up to $54.8 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: $54.8 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.
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: $54 Million for Class 2b-6, Clas 7-8 has been oversubscribed
Closes: First-come, First Served (Until funds are depleted)
Eligible equipment:
- Class 2b-6 On-road Vehicles
- Off-road vehicles
Website: Diesel Reduction Funding Program
Summary: This notice announces funding available on a competitive basis to help public and private diesel fleets in Washington reduce toxic and greenhouse gas emissions from medium and heavy-duty diesel vehicles/equipment by transitioning their fleets to zero emissions.
Funding amount: $18.5 Million
Closes: December 10th, 2026
Eligible equipment:
- On road vehicles, class 4-8 vehicles
- Emergency vehicles
- Local freight vehicles
- Vocational vehicles (sweepers, refuse, etc)
- Off-road vehicles
- Forklifts, cargo handing equipment, yard trucks
Website: PSE Up & Electric Program
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
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:
- What battery degradation is
- How it affects fleet batteries
- How you can reduce your battery risk
- How to benefit from your batteries’ second lives
- How battery-as-a-service works
