Incentives & Funding | TruckStop
Switching to zero-emission trucks can save you money.
State, and local incentives can lower the upfront cost, sometimes by a lot. These trucks can cost less to fuel and maintain, often making zero-emission trucks a more practical, cost-saving choice.
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Search All Incentives
The Funding Finder helps you search state and local incentives for zero-emission vehicles, equipment, and infrastructure. You can also learn which incentives can be stacked to further reduce the cost of purchasing zero-emission vehicles and equipment.
Search for state and local incentives by ZIP code and other filters to find programs that will work for you and your fleet. |  |
Vehicle Incentives
Search the individual incentives that can bring down the upfront cost of zero-emission and cleaner trucks and equipment. Many of these are included in the Funding Finder tool. You can learn more about the possibility to stack incentives based on your specific fleet by contacting Cal Fleet Advisor.
Clean Truck & Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) Get a point-of-sale discount when buying zero-emission trucks and buses through participating dealers. HVIP includes funds set aside for certain vehicles and programs including public fleets, small fleets, drayage, school buses, transit buses and infrastructure. Vehicles funded under HVIP include delivery vans, school buses, freight trucks and more.
Innovative Small E-Fleet (ISEF) Pilot Project Provides funding through HVIP to help small fleets access zero-emission vehicles through short-term leases, rentals, truck-as-a-service models, and other innovative financing or deployment mechanisms. It’s a flexible incentive designed to give fleets with 20 or fewer vehicles many options to get into zero-emission trucks. |  |
Local air districts administer this program that provides funding to public and private fleets to replace existing vehicles and equipment with cleaner technologies. These incentives can be used for on-road heavy duty trucks, school and transit buses, off-road construction, agricultural and cargo handling equipment, marine vessels, locomotives, portable engines and car scrap. |  |
This is a point-of-sale price reduction for customers who buy or lease new battery-electric medium- and heavy-duty Class 2b–Class 8 vehicles for commercial use in California. | 
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Community Air Protection Incentives for On-Road Heavy-duty Vehicles Fleets can apply for funding through their local air district to help pay for cleaner vehicles and equipment. |  |
Zero-Emission Truck Loan Pilot Project This program helps small-business fleets buy zero-emission commercial vehicles by expanding access to affordable financing. CARB funds a risk management tool that can help lenders offer more favorable loan terms. For details and to apply, visit the Capital Programs & Climate Financing (CPCFA) website. | 
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Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust This program primarily funds "scrap and replace" projects for the heavy-duty sector, including freight trucks, transit, shuttle, school buses and other freight vehicles and equipment.
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Infrastructure Incentives
Incentives are available for installing charging and fueling infrastructure that support zero-emission vehicles. Some of these programs are included in the Funding Finder tool. You can learn more about the possibility to stack incentives based on your specific fleet by contacting Cal Fleet Advisor. Visit the infrastructure page to learn about your options to charge and fuel zero-emission trucks.
California Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Project The California Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Project (CALeVIP) offers substantial incentives for publicly available electric vehicle chargers. | 
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This program provides incentives for the construction of public, private, or shared electric vehicle charging or hydrogen fueling stations that serve medium- and heavy-duty (Class 2b-8) fleets in California. |  |
This program gives fleets that use electricity and hydrogen the opportunity to generate credits. These credits can be sold to create a new revenue stream and reduce overall operating costs. | 
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