Updated 1/31/2024
VW settlement funding is available for diesel vehicle and equipment replacement projects and for electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) as described in the Clean Transportation NY Beneficiary Mitigation Plan. See the list of funding opportunities below that include the amount of VW funding (incentive amounts) made available through each project sponsor, links to apply for funding, and documentation archives. This funding opportunity list will be updated regularly.
Item 1: Class 8 Local Freight and Port Drayage Trucks
- $6.3 million, NYSERDA NYTVIP
- $5.3 million, NYCDOT CTP
Item 2: Class 4-8 School, Shuttle, and Transit Buses
- $16.7 million for all-electric transit buses (Round 1), NYSERDA NYTVIP
- $16.4 million for all-electric transit buses (Round 2), NYSERDA NYTVIP
- $10.4 million for transit bus charging infrastructure (Rounds 1 and 2), NYPA
- $12 million for all-electric, propane (closed), and CNG (closed) school buses, NYSERDA NYTVIP
- $2.0 million for all-electric paratransit shuttle buses, NYSERDA NYTVIP
Item 3: Freight Switchers
- No programs at this time.
Item 4: Ferries/Tugs
- $1.2 million, Staten Island Ferry (NYCDOT)
Item 6: Class 4-7 Local Freight Trucks
- $4.8 million, NYSERDA NYTVIP
- $3.7 million, NYCDOT CTP
Item 7: Airport Ground Support Equipment
- $3.2 million, PANYNJ eGSE and EVSE at JFK Airport
Item 8: Forklifts and Port Cargo Handling Equipment
- $900,000, NYSERDA NYTVIP
Item 9: Light Duty Zero Emission Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE)
- $6.2 million, NYSERDA Charge Ready (VW Funding Completed)
- $11 million, NYSERDA Direct Current Fast Charging (DCFC) within Regional Economic Development Councils, NYSERDA (PON 4509) (Rounds 1 & 2 awarded, Round 3 coming soon)
- $250,000, NYPA Rural Electric Cooperatives and Municipal Electric Utilities DCFC (Jamestown) (VW Funding Completed)
Item 10: Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) Option
- $1.3 million, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Drayage Truck Replacement Program (additional funding provided through New York's State Clean Diesel Grant Program)