Co-funded transport projects

The impact of EECA co-funding

EECA administers funding on behalf of the Government to accelerate decarbonisation of the transport sector. Transport projects have been co-funded by EECA since 2016.

281
projects approved
$65.9m
government funding
$125.6m
applicant funding

Boost to public charging

1400+
EV chargers co-funded nationwide
700+
co-funded chargers operational

Latest funding round at a glance

3
projects approved
7
charging hubs
52
able to charge up to 52 vehicles at once

Summary of approved projects

Download an interactive spreadsheet detailing all projects that have received co-funding.

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Co-funding round summaries

Round 10: Public Charging Hubs

Round 9: Public Charging

This funding round sought proposals to increase the availability of public electric vehicle chargers on key holiday journey routes throughout New Zealand in time for Christmas 2023.

EECA identified 14 major holiday journey routes with twenty-five specific locations which were the subject of this RFP. These routes were identified through analysis of New Zealand traffic flows and analysis of peak-season traffic data obtained from Waka Kotahi.

Up to $3 million was available in Round 9.

Request for proposals [PDF, 497 KB]

Proposed funding agreement [PDF, 257 KB]

Recipient's guide [PDF, 487 KB]

Rounds 9 and 10 approved projects list [DOCX, 61 KB]

Round 8 Marine

This funding round sought proposals to demonstrate a range of low emission technologies, infrastructure, innovations and business models in the marine transport space.

This could include projects in the areas of marine vessels, electric outboard motors, charging infrastructure to service marine projects and associated technologies or services. Hydrogen fuel cell vessels and other technologies may have been in scope if they made use of New Zealand’s renewable electricity advantage, and a reliable supply exists.

Up to $2.5 million was available in Round 8.

Request for proposals [PDF, 1.3 MB]

Response form [PDF, 508 KB]

Frequently asked questions [PDF, 310 KB]

Round 8 approved projects list [DOCX, 59 KB]

Round 7: Vehicles, Tech & Off-Road

This funding round sought proposals to demonstrate a range of low emission technologies, infrastructure, innovations and business models and low emission road and off-road vehicles.

This could include projects in the areas of on-road battery electric cars, vans, trucks and buses, the specified off-road vehicles, and associated technologies or services. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and other technologies were potentially in scope if they made use of New Zealand’s renewable electricity advantage.

Up to $2.0 million was available in Round 7.

Request for proposals [PDF, 1 MB]

Response form [DOCX, 4.2 MB]

Frequently asked questions [PDF, 131 KB]

Round 7 approved projects list [DOCX, 58 KB]

Round 6 Public Charging

This funding round sought proposals for public EV destination charging infrastructure to support and accelerate wider deployment and market uptake of electric vehicles as a key part of New Zealand’s move to low emission transport.

Up to $2.0 million was available in Round 6.

Request for proposals [PDF, 1021 KB]

Response form [DOCX, 1.1 MB]

Frequently asked questions [PDF, 130 KB]

Round 6 approved projects list [DOCX, 58 KB]

Round 5: Public Charging

This two-stage process sought interested and qualified parties for co-funding to implement two prototype public charging infrastructure hub sites.

Stage One was a Registration of Interest (ROI) which asked respondents to tell us about their qualifications, partnerships and experience in implementing public charging infrastructure.

Stage One closed on 7 September 2022.

Only invited ROI respondents applied in the subsequent Stage Two Request for Proposals (RFP) for co-funding to implement one or both prototype public charging infrastructure hubs. The RFP made available in the region of up to $8-10 million of co-funding, available across the two sites, one to be in the North Island, and one to be in the South Island.

Successful RFP applications were announced early 2023.

Registration of Interest [PDF, 528 KB]

Response Form [PDF, 355 KB]

Q & A [PDF, 116 KB]

Round 4: Public Charging

This funding round sought proposals for public EV charging infrastructure such as hyper power chargers to support and accelerate wider deployment and market uptake of electric vehicles as a key part of New Zealand’s move to low emission transport.

Up to around $1.0 million was available in the 2021-22 financial year for public charging infrastructure projects that meet the specification for the six identified locations.

Round 4 closed on 25 May 2022.

Successful applicants were announced on July 7 2022.

Watch the webinar here(external link)

Webinar Q&A [PDF, 149 KB]

RFP [PDF, 652 KB]

RFP Q&A [PDF, 421 KB]

Map of round four public EV charging - full version [PDF, 112 KB]

Map of EV chargers co-funded by the Government [PDF, 185 KB]

Rounds 3 and 4 approved projects list [DOCX, 65 KB]

Round 3: Vehicles & Tech

This funding round sought proposals that demonstrate a range of low emission technologies, services, infrastructure, innovations and business models (e.g. Mobility-as-a-Service/MaaS, transport technology and software projects), and low emission on-road vehicles.

Up to $5.0 million was available in this funding round.

Round 3 closed on 15 June 2022.

Q&A [PDF, 124 KB]

RFP [PDF, 617 KB]

Rounds 3 and 4 approved projects list [DOCX, 65 KB]

Round 2: Public Charging

This funding round sought proposals for public EV charging infrastructure such as hyper power chargers and destination chargers to support and accelerate wider deployment and market uptake of electric vehicles as a key part of New Zealand’s move to low emission transport.

$4.0 million will be available in the 2021-22 financial year for public charging infrastructure projects. This will be available in up to two funding rounds in this period.

Round 2 closed on 3 November 2021.

Watch the launch webinar here(external link)

Webinar Q&A [PDF, 151 KB]

RFP [PDF, 631 KB]

RFP Q&A [PDF, 421 KB]

Rounds 1 and 2 approved projects list [PDF, 125 KB]

Round 1: Vehicles & Tech

This funding round was open to proposals that demonstrate a range of low emission technologies, services, infrastructure, innovations and business models (e.g. Mobility-as-a-Service/MaaS, transport technology and software projects) and low emission on-road vehicles.

These include battery electric cars, vans, trucks and buses, and off-road vehicles (to a limited specification, see below and refer to Section 1.3 of the Request for Proposals document).

The $3.4 million will be available in up to two funding rounds in this period. Round 1 closed on 3 November 2021. New funding rounds will open in mid-2022.

Successful applicants to Round 1 were announced on 24 February 2022.

Watch the webinar here(external link)

Webinar Q&A [PDF, 151 KB]

Webinar slides [PDF, 2.2 MB]

RFP [PDF, 830 KB]

RFP Q&A [PDF, 421 KB]

Rounds 1 and 2 approved projects list [PDF, 125 KB]

LEVCF co-funded projects (2017-2021)

Summary of all projects funded under the LEVCF (rounds 1-10) [XLSX, 58 KB]

Round 10 projects - announced July 2021 [PDF, 371 KB]

EV chargers co-funded by the LEVCF [PDF, 120 KB]

Round 9 projects - announced February 2021 [PDF, 170 KB]