Green Freight Program — Assess and Retrofit

• Grant funding up to a maximum of $250,000 per Applicant per fiscal year for eligible activities, including Third-Party Fleet Energy Assessments and/or Truck/Trailer Equipment Retrofits.
• Basic Third-Party Assessment: 50% of the assessment cost up to a maximum of $20,000; Enhanced Third-Party Assessment: 50% up to $40,000.
• For individual retrofit devices, funding covers 20% to 50% of eligible costs per device, with maximum grant amounts specified (e.g., up to $2,500 for certain aerodynamic retrofits, up to $10,000 for auxiliary power units, and other device-specific caps).

• The applicant must conduct activities in Canada.
• Eligible are: businesses, industry associations, research associations, standard development organizations, Indigenous organizations and communities, Canadian universities, as well as provincial, territorial, regional, or municipal governments and their departments or agencies.
• The applicant's vehicle fleet must include one or more heavy vehicles for professional use that are authorized and insured in Canada.
• Vehicles or trailers must be in service and belong to acceptable weight classes.
• Eligible are cargo vans, cutaway trucks or step vans for commercial use, and all-terrain vehicles used for the transport of goods or equipment on undeveloped surfaces.
• Leased vehicles are eligible if the lessee has a valid lease agreement and is legally authorized to modify the vehicle.
• Not eligible: softwood lumber companies and their vertically integrated subsidiaries, all-terrain vehicles for recreational use, newly purchased vehicles already equipped with the proposed modernization devices.

Who is eligible?

• Companies operating in Canada
• Industry associations
• Research associations
• Standards organizations
• Indigenous and community groups
• Canadian academic institutions
• Provincial, territorial, regional, or municipal governments or their departments or agencies where applicable

Who is not eligible

• Softwood lumber companies.
• Companies vertically integrated with softwood lumber companies.

Eligible expenses

• Purchase and installation of fuel-saving devices for trucks and trailers, including aerodynamic devices such as rear aerodynamic devices for trailers, side and top kits for trailers, trailer fairings, and trailer body skirts.
• Diesel and electric refrigeration units for trailers.
• Telematics devices for real-time data collection.
• Low rolling resistance tires for dual configurations and automatic tire inflation systems.
• Tire pressure monitoring systems.
• Diesel or conventional auxiliary power units and their installation.
• Wheel covers to improve overall energy efficiency.
• Telematics device for collecting real-time data.
• Coolant heaters and cabin heating and cooling radiators.

Eligible geographic areas

• Entities operating in Canada.

• All application communications must be conducted by a representative of the applicant entity, ensuring confidentiality and avoiding conflicts of interest.
• NRCan reserves the right to amend the Applicant Guide with three months' notice, and these changes will affect only subsequent applications.
• The Truck/Trailer Equipment Retrofit Grant requires a Fleet Energy Assessment before purchasing new devices.
• Natural Resources Canada may reallocate funding amounts after a three-month notice.
• Applicants must disclose all funding sources, including those from other government levels and industry, upon application submission.