VW Environmental Mitigation Trust — Class 8 Local Freight and Port Drayage Trucks

Also written: VW Trust · VW Settlement · Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust · Alabama VW Mitigation Trust · ADECA VW Settlement

A scrap-and-replace grant awarded after application: the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) Energy Division funds replacing an older Class 8 local freight or port drayage truck with a new vehicle, including charging equipment for an all-electric replacement, from Alabama's share of the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust.

$217,500

per Class 8 truckwhat this program pays toward one battery-electric tractor

This program’s headline amount for one truck; the amount may depend on the buyer’s circumstances. What is available now and the potential in Alabama, for any Class 8 tractor, are on the Alabama page (Grade C · 57 programs tracked).

Program signals

UPCOMINGClosed between rounds — the next round is authorized and not yet announced.

TESLA SEMITesla Semi: eligible under the program’s vehicle rule — it keeps no make/model list (checked August 17, 2026). Tesla Semi in Alabama →

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Window	Who can apply	Trucks per fleet	Funding left	Stacks with	Source

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What it pays per Class 8 truck
Open, upcoming or competitive
What the program is, its type, where it applies, and who runs it
Whether the Tesla Semi is admitted
Available now and potential per truck in Alabama — the Alabama page
Last verified date

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Complete Program Information — the window: when it opens and closes, with dates; how the money is awarded; and every other program in Alabama that pays for a Class 8 truck
Applicant Eligibility — who can apply, how many trucks it covers, per-fleet limits and caps
How to Access the Money — what VW Trust stacks with and in what order, and a cautious case
Funding remaining — what is left in the pot, as the program reports it
Program Radar — a heads-up before this window closes or the next round opens
Source Documents — the document behind every figure, so you can read it yourself

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