Electric Lawn Mower Rebates & Incentive Programs

Your business or tax-exempt organization may qualify for a clean vehicle tax credit of up to $7,500 when you purchase a Bobcat ZT6000e zero-turn mower.

If your landscaping business, public agency or business that performs its own landscape maintenance is located in California’s San Joaquin Valley, you may be eligible for the Zero-Emission Landscaping Equipment (ZELE) voucher program.  
 
This incentive enables qualifying organizations to replace old gas-powered landscape equipment with new electric options like the Bobcat ZT6000e.

California's Antelope Valley Air Quality Management district is working to "mow down air pollution.” Residents can exchange working gas-powered lawn and garden equipment and receive up to $225 on the purchase of clean battery-electric lawn mowers.

The Carl Moyer Program is a partnership between the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and Butte County Air Quality Management District. It provides grant funding for replacing, repowering or retrofitting eligible heavy-duty engines with cleaner-than-required technology.

The Sac Metro Air District has over $3.4 million to fund clean air quality projects in Sacramento County. A primary purpose of this funding is to promote zero-emission equipment as an alternative to diesel equipment in communities affected by air pollution.  

Disadvantaged and environmental justice communities are a focus, but applications are open to businesses, government agencies, nonprofits and others for other off-road project categories.  

The Colorado Clean Diesel Program (CCDP) provides grants as high as 25-45% of a project’s cost to accelerate adoption of new technologies that significantly reduce diesel emissions. Available grants help offset the cost of replacing diesel equipment with all-electric or hybrid-electric equivalents. Businesses or other entities that own certain types of diesel equipment may apply.

Switch to commercial battery-powered lawn equipment and receive rebates up to $3,500 through the Massachusetts Mass Save Program, a collaborative effort of several Massachusetts electric and natural gas utilities and energy efficiency service providers.

New Mexico Environmental Department (NMED) provides grant funding through its New Mexico Clean Diesel Program for projects that reduce harmful heavy-duty diesel emissions. With EPA funding through the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA), NMED is seeking proposals for DERA projects that effectively reduce emissions from heavy-duty diesel-fueled vehicles and equipment.

In 2019, the Oregon Legislature authorized the Diesel Emission Mitigation Grant Program to support businesses, governments and equipment owners in replacing older, more polluting diesel engines with new, cleaner technologies and exhaust control retrofits. Grants are distributed as a reimbursement of eligible project costs incurred during the project period. This program prioritizes pollution reductions in areas of Oregon that have the highest emissions of NOx and particulate matter from diesel engines.

In Burlington, Vermont, Burlington Electric Department offers rebates up to $300 toward the purchase of a new residential electric ride lawn mower and up to $3,500 toward the purchase of a new commercial-grade lawn mower.

Vermont Electric Co-op offers its members a one-time $1,000 bill credit for the purchase of a qualifying commercial electric lawn mower. Qualifying mowers must be used by a lawn care business, state agency or institution with a campus, such as a hospital or university. Certain models are pre-approved, but other models will be considered on a case‐by‐case basis.

Customers from Vermont Power Supply Authority’s 11-member municipals may be eligible for electric mower rebates, including residential ride-on mower rebates of up to $100 and commercial ride-on mower rebates up to $1,500.