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E-Cargo Bike Grant Program

Community Electric Bicycle Grants

Funding to support e-bike deployment across the state.

 

Funding Overview

Type: Grant
Eligibility: Public, Private, and Non-profit entities
Funding Source: Community Access Enterprise
Amount: Up to $25,000 per awardee
Applications: Monthly until May 15, 2026. Applications due on the 15th day of each month.

The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) regularly requests applications to develop and implement e-bike deployment projects in communities across the state.

For more information about e-bike programs, please contact Sarah Thorne at sarah.thorne@state.co.us.

E-Cargo Bike Grant Program

The E-Cargo Bike Grant Program provides funding for the development and implementation of e-bike deployment projects in communities across the state, with the goal of:

  • Shifting short- and medium-length vehicle trips to e-cargo bike trips;
  • Maximizing air quality benefits and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions;
  • Piloting innovative delivery solutions

The Community Access Enterprise (CAE), in partnership with Colorado Energy Office (CEO), is soliciting proposals for projects that will replace commercial delivery vehicles and/or fleet vehicles with electric cargo (e-cargo) bikes. Programs eligible to receive grant funding must follow one of these models:

Commercial Delivery: Businesses using e-cargo bikes to make commercial deliveries. Businesses can purchase as few as one e-cargo bike for this project. Examples include, but are not limited to: parcel delivery for commercial and residential buildings, grocery delivery, institutional wholesale deliveries, retail logistics delivery, and on demand delivery services.

Public Shared e-cargo Bikes: Project creates or expands a public shared e-bike program that includes e-cargo bikes. This could include public e-cargo bike rental hubs or an e-cargo bike library.

Gig Economy Delivery Services: Project provides e-cargo bikes to low-income individuals in the gig economy, where e-cargo bikes are used to make deliveries through a delivery app services (e.g. Door Dash, Postmates, Instacart, etc.)

E-cargo Bike Fleet: Private or public entities using e-cargo bikes for business purposes other than deliveries, such as to carry equipment and tools needed to complete the job tasks. Examples include, but are not limited to: law enforcement patrol, maintenance technicians, telecom engineers, and compost collections.

A close-up of an eBike battery

How to Apply

For the RFA described below, Colorado Energy Office is looking to make small grant awards for projects that include the purchase of one to four e-cargo bikes.

Applications are accepted on a monthly basis through May 15, 2026.  Please submit applications via email to sarah.thorne@state.co.us by the 15th of each month, no later than 5:00 PM MT.
View RFA Documents

If you have any issues accessing the RFA documents, please reach out to sarah.thorne@state.co.us.

Questions

Applicants may submit questions via email to sarah.thorne@state.co.us until 5:00 PM MT on the first day of each month. CEO will post answers to questions submitted during the Q&A period by the 4th day of each month.