July 15th, 2024
Natural Resources Canada's (NRCan) Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program (ZEVIP) aims to address the barrier to the adoption of zero-emission vehicles (ZEV).
Site owners and operators can access funding at 50% of the Total Project Costs up to a maximum of 5 million dollars per project. You can now start your EV Charging Project with the help of NRCan.
Who's Eligible?
To be considered for funding through the ZEVIP, applicants must be legal entities incorporated or registered in Canada or abroad, including not for-profit and for-profit organizations as listed below:
- Electricity utilities
- Companies
- Industry associations
- Indigenous businesses and community groups
- Strata or condo corporations
- Canadian provincial, territorial, regional, municipal governments or their departments or agencies where applicable
The following are not eligible for funding support under ZEVIP:
- Individuals or any part of federal public administration, including departments, Crown corporations and agencies.
- Softwood lumber companies and those that are vertically integrated with them.
Note: Projects must be submitted by the organization (the Proponent) that will own the infrastructure and that will be incurring the bulk of the expenditures. Proof of eligible expenditures for reimbursement needs to be under the name of the Proponent.
Eligible Projects
To be considered for funding, all EV Chargers within the Project must:
- Be located in Canada;
- Be installed in compliance with all applicable local codes (for example, building and electrical) and bylaws (for example, zoning and parking);
- Be a permanent, hard-wired installation (mounted or fixed);
- Be new and purchased equipment (not leased);
- Be for a new installation or expansion of an existing installation (not for the replacement of an existing installation);
- Be certified for use in Canada (e.g. CSA, UL, Interlink) and be commercially available;
- Be Networked to a charging network;
- Include the following charging Connector types:
- SAE J1772 standard (208/240 V)
- SAE J1772 Combo (CCS)
- SAE J3400 (NACS)
Note: There are two streams under this Request for Proposals with different requirements for
each. The two streams being Public EV Charging and Private EV Charging.
EV Infrastructure
Maximum funding for type of infrastructure:
- Level 2 AC Charger (3.3 kW to 19.2 kW): Up to 50% of total project costs, to a maximum of $5,000 per connector*
- DC Fast Charger (20 kW to 49 kW): Up to 50% of total project costs, to a maximum of $15,000 per charger
- DC Fast Charger (50 kW to 99 kW): Up to 50% of total project costs, to a maximum of $50,000 per charger
- DC Fast Charger (100 kW to 199 kW): Up to 50% of total project costs, to a maximum of $75,000 per charger
- DC Fast Charger (200 kW and above): Up to 50% of total project costs, to a maximum of $100,000 per charger
Funding applications are now open with the proposal submission deadline of September 19th, 2024. Are you ready to take the next steps in your EV Infrastructure journey? Contact our team today for support in the application process, equipment selection, and implementation of your project.
