October 2024 transportation electrification open funding opportunities

Qualifying applicants – Manufacturers of advanced technology vehicles that achieve defined fuel economy targets and manufacturers of components or materials that support eligible vehicles’ fuel economy performance.
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 for 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 reasonable prospect of repayment.
Total funding amount – $10 billion.
Application due date – Rolling applications.

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 – Opened February 20, 2024; taking rolling applications.

Qualifying Applicants – Institutions of higher education, for-profit entities, nonprofit entities, state and local governmental entities and Indian tribes.
Qualifying projects – Areas of interest: 1) Improved 12V lead acid batteries for safety-critical electric vehicle applications; 2) develop vehicle or structural level strategies to reduce the likelihood of the cascading effects of electric vehicle fires; 3) battery electrode, cell, and pack manufacturing cost reduction; 4) silicon-based anodes for lithium-ion batteries; and; 5) high energy density conversion cathodes.
Total funding amount – $43 million.
Application due date – October 30, 2024 at 5:00PM ET.

Qualifying applicants – States, local governments and tribes. Qualifying projects:
- Reduce fossil fuel emissions in a manner that is environmentally sustainable and, to the maximum extent practicable, maximizes 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 disadvantaged 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 – For local governments: October 31, 2024. For tribes: May 31, 2025.

Qualifying applicants – Domestic entities (institutions of higher education; for-profit entities; non-profit entities; state and local government entities and tribes).
Qualifying projects – Innovative and replicable solutions to support electrified medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, accelerate charging infrastructure deployment, reduce grid impacts through vehicle-grid integration strategies, and drastically reduce GHG emissions.
Total funding amount – $72 million.
Application due date – Nov. 20, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. ET.

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 to benefit disadvantaged communities.
Total funding amount – $2 billion.
Application due date – Nov. 21, 2024, by 11:59 p.m. ET.

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 4:00 p.m. ET.

Qualifying applicants – Funds made available under the NEVI formula program shall be used to contract with a private entity for 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