The Port of Los Angeles on July 13, 2026 opened its Zero-Emission Truck Purchasing Incentive Project, a $75 million program to help drayage companies buy battery-electric trucks. The port’s announcement sets the incentive at up to $300,000 per truck.
Of the total, $50 million comes from a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Clean Ports Program grant and $25 million from the port’s Clean Truck Fund Rate. The program is open to licensed motor carriers that are currently registered in the Port Drayage Truck Registry and want to purchase at least 10 Class 8 battery-electric drayage trucks. One carrier can be awarded no more than $24 million.
The port is running the program as a request for proposals, with the details available through the RAMPLA portal. Questions were due by July 20, and proposals are due at 3 p.m. on Thursday, December 3.
The truck funding sits inside a larger effort. The port says that, together with the Harbor Community Benefit Foundation and five terminal operators (APM Terminals, Everport Terminal Services, Fenix Marine Services, TraPac and Yusen Terminals), more than $600 million in grant and matching funds is being directed at projects that support a move to fully zero-emission terminal operations.
What it means for shippers
- Nothing changes at the gate today. This is a funding round for truck purchases. With proposals not due until December, trucks bought through it will reach the harbor later, not this peak season.
- It is aimed at larger fleets. The 10-truck minimum means the awards will go to carriers able to buy in volume. The mix of carriers running electric trucks in the harbor will shift gradually, not overnight.
- Ask if emissions matter to your business. Importers and exporters who report on supply-chain emissions can ask their drayage provider what equipment moves their containers and how that is expected to change.
- Follow the fee side as well. Part of the money comes from the Clean Truck Fund Rate collected at the port. If you want to know how port fees appear on your invoices, check with your broker or carrier.
- Watch the December deadline. The size and number of awards will show how quickly electric trucks are likely to arrive in harbor service.
For cargo owners the practical point is timing. The transition is being paid for and planned now, but day-to-day pickup and delivery at the terminals works as before, and the same preparation applies: documents ready, appointment booked, free time tracked.
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