Vermont Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust — Eligible Mitigation Actions

Also written: VW Mitigation Funds · VW Environmental Mitigation Funds · VW Request for Applications · Vermont VW Settlement · VW EMT

A scrap-and-replace (or repower) grant from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation's Air Quality and Climate Division that reimburses part of the cost of an all-electric replacement vehicle and its charging equipment after application, drawing on Vermont's allocation 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 Vermont, for any Class 8 tractor, are on the Vermont page (Grade B · 48 programs tracked).

Program signals

OPENOpen now — a standing program rather than a round; qualifying purchases are paid as they come.

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

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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 Vermont — the Vermont 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 Vermont 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 Mitigation Funds 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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