November 2024 transportation electrification open funding opportunities

US DOE – Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program

  • Qualifying applicants – Manufacturers of advanced technology vehicles that achieve defined fuel economy targets as well as producers of components or materials that enhance the fuel economy performance of eligible vehicles.
  • Qualifying projects – Must 1) manufacture eligible vehicles or components that are used in eligible vehicles, 2) build new facilities; reequip, modernize or expand existing facilities; and/or support engineering integration performed in the U.S. related to the manufacturing of eligible vehicles or components, 3) be located in the U.S., and 4) provide a reasonable prospect of repayment.
  • Total funding amount – $10 billion.
  • Application due date – Rolling applications.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) – Clean Bus Planning Awards

  • Qualifying applicants – State and local government entities providing bus service; private school fleets with and an active contractual agreement to serve a public school district; nonprofit school transportation associations; tribes, tribal organizations, or tribally controlled schools responsible for the purchase of school buses or providing school bus service for a BIA funded school; direct or designated recipients of FTA grants, including state and local governmental authorities, and tribes.
  • Award goals – Connect transit and school bus fleets with technical experts to support planning for bus electrification.
  • Assistance provided – Existing fleet baseline analysis, vehicle electrification feasibility analysis, infrastructure assessment and optimization strategy, procurement and project staging, financial analysis, emissions modeling, stakeholder analysis, workforce considerations and recommended next steps.
  • Application due date – Rolling applications.

US EPA – IRA Community Change Grants Program

  • Qualifying applicants – Partnerships between two community-based non-profit organizations; a partnership between a community-based non-profit organization and one of the following: a federally recognized tribe, a local government, or an institution of higher education.
  • Qualifying projects – Investments in low- and zero-emission and resilient technologies and related infrastructure with a focus on benefitting disadvantaged communities.
  • Total funding amount – $2 billion.
  • Application due date – Nov. 21, 2024, by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.

U.S. EPA – Clean School Bus Program Rebates

  • Qualifying applicants – Public school districts, tribal applicants, third parties.
  • Qualifying projects – Rebates to replace existing school buses with clean and zero-emission models.
  • Total funding amount – $965 million.
  • Application due date – Jan. 9, 2024, by 4 p.m. Eastern Time.

WSDOT – National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI)

  • Qualifying applicants – Contractor(s) who can help with the acquisition, installation and operation and maintenance of the publicly accessible EV charging infrastructure.
  • Qualifying projects – NEVI-compliant charging stations along the identified corridors.
  • Total funding amount – $25 million.
  • Application due date – Jan. 15, 2025.

U.S. SCEP – Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program

  • Qualifying applicants – Tribal governments.
  • Qualifying projects – Reduce fossil fuel emissions in an environmentally sustainable way while maximizing benefits for local and regional communities.
    • Reduce the total energy use of the eligible entities.
    • Improve energy efficiency in the transportation sector, the building sector and other appropriate sectors.
    • Build a clean and equitable energy economy that prioritizes overburdened communities and promotes equity and inclusion in workforce opportunities and deployment activities, including programs for financing zero-emission transportation (and associated infrastructure).
  • Total funding amount – $430 million.
  • Application due date – May 31, 2025.