VW Environmental Mitigation Trust — Zero-Emission Class 8 Freight and Port Drayage Trucks

Also written: VW Trust ZE Class 8 · California VW Trust · Volkswagen Mitigation Trust Class 8 · VW Settlement Class 8 trucks · Zero-Emission Class 8 Freight and Port Drayage Trucks

A scrap-and-replace grant awarded after application: replacing an older Class 8 freight or drayage diesel with a battery-electric or fuel-cell truck, funded from California's share of the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust. The California Air Resources Board is the beneficiary; South Coast AQMD's Technology Advancement Office administers it statewide.

$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 California, for any Class 8 tractor, are on the California page (Grade A · 47 programs tracked).

Program signals

OPENOpen now — first come, first served while funding lasts.

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

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What it pays per Class 8 truck
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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 California — the California page
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How to Access the Money — what VW Trust ZE Class 8 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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