VW Funding for Diesel Replacement and EVSE Projects
Updated 4/21/2022
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VW settlement funding is available for diesel vehicle and electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) replacement projects 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
- $3.6 million, NYSERDA NYTVIP (leaves DEC website)
- $5.3 million, NYCDOT CTP (leaves DEC website)
Item 2: Class 4-8 School, Shuttle, and Transit Buses
- $16.7 million for all-electric transit buses (Round 1), NYSERDA NYTVIP (leaves DEC website)
- $16.4 million for all-electric transit buses (Round 2), NYSERDA NYTVIP (leaves DEC website)
- $10.4 million for transit bus charging infrastructure (Rounds 1 and 2), NYPA
- $12 million for all-electric, propane, and CNG school buses, NYSERDA NYTVIP (leaves DEC website)
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 (leaves DEC website)
- $3.7 million, NYCDOT CTP (leaves DEC website)
Item 7: Airport Ground Support Equipment
- No programs at this time.
Item 8: Forklifts and Port Cargo Handling Equipment
- $900,000, NYSERDA NYTVIP (leaves DEC website)
Item 9: Light Duty Zero Emission Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE)
- $5.0 million, NYSERDA Charge Ready (leaves DEC website)
- $11 million, NYSERDA Direct Current Fast Charging (DCFC) within Regional Economic Development Councils, NYSERDA (PON 4509) (Due date: 2/18/21) (leaves DEC website)
- $250,000, NYPA Rural Electric Cooperatives and Municipal Electric Utilities DCFC (Jamestown)
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)
Documentation and Records
Documentation and records submitted by the State in support of each funding request to the Trustee will be available to the public. You can find complete funding request information, including documentation from New York and the Trustee, required semi-annual reports, and estimates of remaining fund balance, on the VW Diesel Emissions Environmental Mitigation Trust (leaves DEC site) website.
Semi Annual Reports
July to December 2019 (PDF)
January to June 2020 (PDF)
July to December 2020 (PDF)
January to June 2021 (PDF)
July to December 2021 (PDF)
