Updated 1/9/2026
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, New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program (NYTVIP), (Closed June 2025)
- $5.3 million, NYCDOT, Clean Trucks Program (NYC CTP), (Open)
Item 2: Class 4-8 School, Shuttle, and Transit Buses
- $16.7 million, NYSERDA, All-Electric Transit Buses (Round 1, Completed 2023)
- $16.4 million, NYSERDA, All-Electric Transit Buses (Round 2, Completed December 2024), NYTVIP
- $5.5 million, NYPA, Transit Bus Charging Infrastructure (Round 1, Completed 2023),
- $5.0 million, NYPA, Transit Bus Charging Infrastructure (Round 2, Open)
- $12 million, NYSERDA, All-Electric, Propane, and CNG School Buses (Closed April 2024)
- $2.0 million, NYSERDA, All-Electric Paratransit Shuttle Buses, NYTVIP, (Closed December 2024)
Item 3: Freight Switchers
- No Scheduled Projects
Item 4: Ferries/Tugs
- $1.2 million, NYCDOT, Staten Island Ferry Diesel Generator Replacements
Item 6: Class 4-7 Local Freight Trucks
Item 7: Airport Ground Support Equipment (GSE)
- $3.2 million, PANYNJ, Electric GSE and Charging Equipment at John F. Kennedy International Airport (Completed April 2025)
Item 8: Forklifts and Port Cargo Handling Equipment
- Closed April 2024 (see Item 10 below)
Item 9: Light Duty Zero Emission Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE)
- $6.2 million, NYSERDA, Charge Ready Level 2 (Completed)
- $11 million, NYSERDA, Direct Current Fast Charging (DCFC) within Regional Economic Development Councils, NYSERDA (PON 4509), Rounds 1, 2, and 3 (Contacts awarded, installations began 2024). To date, chargers have been installed and are operational at 16 locations statewide. Central NY locations include Cortland, Liverpool, and Syracuse. Finger Lakes locations include Canandaigua, Waterloo, and Webster. Mohawk Valley locations include Cooperstown and Fultonville. North Country locations include Lake Placid. Southern Tier locations include Ithaca, Owego, and Vestal. Western NY locations include Niagara Falls, Ripley, and West Seneca.
- $250,000, NYPA, Rural Electric Cooperatives and Municipal Electric Utilities DCFC (Jamestown) (Completed 2023)
Item 10: Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) Option
- $728,558, PANYNJ, Drayage Truck Replacement Program, underway (additional funding provided through New York's State Clean Diesel Grant Program)
- $1,811,123, New York City Department of Sanitation, Electric Street Sweeper and/or Refuse Trucks (additional funding provided through New York's State Clean Diesel Grant Program)
- $18.2 million, NYSERDA, Zero-Emission Non-Road Vehicles and Equipment, NYTVIP (Open)
