E-Cargo Bike Grant Program

The E-Cargo Bike Grant Program is a Colorado grant opportunity funded by the Community Access Enterprise and administered in partnership with the Colorado Energy Office. The program provides funding for the development and implementation of e-bike deployment projects in communities across Colorado. Its goals are to shift short- and medium-length vehicle trips to e-cargo bike trips, maximize air quality benefits and greenhouse gas emissions reductions, and pilot innovative delivery solutions. The program is intended to replace commercial delivery vehicles and/or fleet vehicles with electric cargo bikes. The Colorado Energy Office is seeking to make small grant awards for projects involving the purchase of one to four e-cargo bikes. Funding is available for several project models. Commercial Delivery projects allow businesses to use e-cargo bikes for commercial deliveries, including parcel delivery, grocery delivery, institutional wholesale deliveries, retail logistics, and on-demand delivery services. A business may purchase as few as one e-cargo bike through this model. Public Shared e-cargo Bikes projects may create or expand public shared e-bike programs that include e-cargo bikes, such as public rental hubs or e-cargo bike libraries. Other eligible models include Gig Economy Delivery Services and E-cargo Bike Fleet projects. Under the Gig Economy Delivery Services model, a project provides e-cargo bikes to low-income individuals participating in the gig economy so the bikes can be used for deliveries through delivery app services. Under the E-cargo Bike Fleet model, private or public entities use e-cargo bikes for business purposes other than deliveries, including carrying equipment and tools required for job tasks. Examples provided by the program include law enforcement patrol, maintenance technicians, telecom engineers, and compost collections. The general funding overview identifies public, private, and nonprofit entities as eligible. Awards are available for up to $25,000 per awardee. The provided program information does not identify an overall program funding amount, a quantified number of awards, or a required matching or cost-share contribution. The stated RFA scope is specifically for small awards supporting projects that include the purchase of one to four e-cargo bikes. Applicants should consult the RFA documents for any additional requirements, restrictions, application components, or evaluation criteria because those details are not included in the supplied program text. Applications were accepted monthly through May 15, 2026, with applications due by the 15th day of each month no later than 5:00 PM Mountain Time. Applications were required to be submitted by email to sarah.thorne@state.co.us. Applicants could submit questions to the same email address until 5:00 PM Mountain Time on the first day of each month, and the Colorado Energy Office stated that answers to questions submitted during the Q&A period would be posted by the fourth day of each month. The supplied information does not identify a separate letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, or other pre-application gating requirement. The final stated application deadline was May 15, 2026. As of August 28, 2026, that deadline has passed, and the supplied source does not state that another application cycle will occur after May 15, 2026. No award notification date or performance period is provided in the supplied information. Sarah Thorne is the program contact for additional information, application submission, questions, and assistance accessing the RFA documents and can be reached at sarah.thorne@state.co.us.

Align the project with an eligible e-cargo bike model and clearly address replacement of commercial delivery and/or fleet vehicle trips; demonstrate how the project supports shifting short- and medium-length vehicle trips to e-cargo bikes, maximizing air quality and greenhouse gas emissions benefits, and/or piloting innovative delivery solutions.