Canada-Wide Support for Identify and Purchase Fuel Efficient Technologies for Trucks 

Canada’s Green Freight Program Stream 1 is advertising 50% grants funding up to $250,000 annually per applicant towards Third-Party Fleet Energy Assessments and Truck/Trailer Equipment Retrofits for Class 2B, 3 to 8 heavy-duty vehicles  (only).

For “Basic Third-Party Energy Assessments”, to explore fleet retrofits and small-scale logistical best practice projects, program support is 50% up to $20,000. For “Enhanced Third-Party Energy Assessments”, to explore complex and large-scale engine repower, alternative fuel truck purchase and logistical best-practice projects, funding is 50% up to $40,000.

Funding for Truck/Trailer Equipment Retrofits are:

1. Aerodynamics Retrofit Devices:
   1. Side Skirt: installed on the underside of a trailer to reduce air flow and turbulence in front of the rear wheels. Funding is 50% up to $2,500/device.
   2. Boat Tail: to reduce drag from trailer back-end low-pressure wake. 50% max. $2,500/device.
   3. Under Fairing: installed under the trailer to channel air flow for reduced turbulence.50% max $2,000/device.
   4. Tractor-Trailer Gap Reduce: attached to the trailer front minimizing tractor-trailer gap and reducing air turbulence.50% max $1,000/device.
   5. Aerodynamic Splash Guard: reduces drag by redirecting or blocking less air compared to conventional splash guards. 50% max $80/device.
2. Anti-idling Retrofits Devices
   1. Cab Heater: provides heating, reducing the need for idling the primary engine to power onboard systems. 50% max. $2,000/device.
   2. Cab Cooler: provides cooling, reducing the need for idling the primary engine to power onboard systems. 50% max $3,000/device.
   3. Coolant Heater: mounted in the engine compartment and uses the truck’s integrated heat-transfer system to draw fuel from the fuel tank to heat the vehicle’s coolant, and pumps the heated coolant through the engine, radiator, and heater box. 50% max. $1,500/device.
   4. Auxiliary Power Units Retrofits
   5. Diesel/conventional APU: provides electricity, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning from a smaller diesel engine, instead of the main engine, burning less fuel providing the same services. 50 max. $10,000/unit.
   6. Electric APU: provides electricity and, in some cases, HVAC without burning any fuel during operation.50%max. $10,000/unit.
   7. Electric APU, paired with solar panels: provides electricity without burning fuel during operation supplementing other power sources. 50% max of $10,000/unit.
3. Tires Retrofits
   1. Low rolling resistant tires: whether in a dual or a wide-base configuration for fuel saving. 50% up to a max of $1,500/device.
   2. Automatic tire inflation system: monitors tire inflation pressure relative to a pre-set target and re-inflates tires whenever the detected pressure is below the target level. 50% max. $1,000/device.
   3. Tire pressure monitoring system: improves commercial motor vehicle safety and fuel economy by automatically measuring and indicating air pressure plus relaying tire air pressure information to operator. 50% max. $1,000/device.
4. Other Devices
   1. Diesel-electric refrigeration units (highbred): reduces demand from main diesel engine to cool contents of trailer. 50% max. $15,000/device.
   2. Electric refrigeration units: Electric refrigeration unit that eliminates demand from main diesel engine to cool contents of trailer. 50% max. $12,000/device.
   3. Telematics: for collecting real-time data using the mix of sensors, GPS technology, and onboard diagnostic codes.50% max. $700/device.

To be eligible for a Truck/Trailer Equipment Retrofit Grant, the Applicant’s fleet must have had a Fleet Energy Assessment done before purchasing any fuel-saving device(s). The Assessment should analyze and recommend the device(s) to be purchased. The Applicant can submit an internally conducted assessment or submit one created by a third-party made on or after January 1, 2019. The assessment must meet the criteria outlined in NRCan’s Fleet Energy Assessment Checklist.

Activities satisfying all program requirements as well as completed and paid in full on or after December 12, 2022, are eligible for funding. Self-assessments are not eligible for funding or are softwood lumber companies and those that are vertically integrated with softwood lumber companies.

 Applicants must have in their fleet one or more heavy-duty vehicles that is for business use, licensed, insured and has been in service for at least one year in Canada.