BALTIMORE – The Maryland Energy Administration today announced 24 new grants totaling more than $7 million to move small businesses, non-profits, local governments and other institutions from diesel to cleaner electric equipment. Through the Medium-Duty and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Grant Program’s 2025 awards, the agency is funding a wide range of vehicles – from yard trucks in Hagerstown to electric shuttle buses in Bladensburg – built for both on-road and off-road applications. “The Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Grant Program is unique because it focuses on bringing the many benefits of EVs to drivers of things other than cars,” said Maryland Energy Administration Director Paul G. Pinsky. “The highly effective program helps improve the bottom lines of small businesses and local governments throughout the state.” Altogether, the 2025 grants support the deployment of 108 vehicles and pieces of off-road equipment. Collectively, they will eliminate more than 98,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions over their lifetimes. These emissions reductions are the equivalent of removing over 22,000 gasoline-powered passenger cars for one year from Maryland roads. Grants were awarded in two categories, one for medium-duty vehicles like shuttle vans and street sweepers and a second for off-road equipment like forklifts, tractors and excavators. This year’s grantees include:- New Bern Transport Corporation (Howard County): $1.5 million to deploy 25 electric short-haul tractors, reducing freight emissions in underserved communities.
- City of Greenbelt (Prince George’s County): $250,000 to acquire its first electric refuse truck, serving overburdened neighborhoods.
- Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WWSC) (Prince George’s County): $123,878.25 for four electric excavators and one forklift to support sustainable utility operations.
- Rogers-Premier Enterprises, LLC (Baltimore City): $375,000 to lease electric terminal tractors at a freight hub in an overburdened and underserved area.
- Anne Arundel County, Maryland: $37,500 for five electric paratransit buses to serve mobility-impaired residents in equity-priority zones.
- Soupergirl (Prince George’s County): $152,500 to electrify food delivery while operating in communities most impacted by transportation emissions.
View the full list of FY25 Medium- and Heavy-Duty ZEV Program Awardees here. The program is funded in part by Maryland’s Strategic Energy Investment Fund. The agency anticipates the release of full details for the Fiscal Year 2026 funding cycle in the near future, inviting new and returning applicants to continue accelerating Maryland’s zero-emission transition. The Maryland Energy Administration promotes clean, affordable, reliable energy and energy-related greenhouse gas emission reductions to benefit Marylanders in a just and equitable manner. For more information about the agency and its programs, visit our website at Energy.Maryland.gov, and follow us on social media: LinkedIn | X | Facebook. | 
