[DESCRIBER]: The British Columbia and Clean B.C. Go Electric logos appear over the mountain valley and bridge. Below them, large text reads, “Go Electric Rebates program.” In the top corner of the screen a small window contains the narrator, speaking to the camera.
[NARRATOR]: Hi, everyone. My name is Caroline, and I’m part of the team administering the Clean B.C. Go Electric Rebates program on behalf of the province of British Columbia.
[DESCRIBER]: A title slide for the Clean B.C. Go Electric Rebates program reads, “Approved seller training: Rebates for medium- and heavy-duty commercial zero-emission vehicles, or Z.E.V’s. Webinar August 2026.” The British Columbia and Clean B.C. logos appear above the title. On the right is a white commercial truck marked “100% Electric,” parked in front of shipping containers.
[CAROLINE]: The Go Electric Rebates program helps B.C. businesses, indigenous organizations, local governments and nonprofits purchase or lease eligible medium and heavy duty zero emission vehicles by providing rebates directly at the point of sale.
This is our seller webinar training for the program, and today’s session is designed to help you understand your role as a seller and give you the information you need to successfully participate in the program.
We have Jeremie Bernardin as our host today. Jeremie is an electric vehicle industry expert with more than 15 years of experience in transportation, electrification, E.V. education, and automotive training.
He is a former E.V. dealership owner and the founder and president of the Electric Vehicle Association of Atlantic Canada. He’s led E.V. training initiatives for multiple major automotive manufacturers across Canada.
He’s played an active role in the stakeholder engagement that helped inform this program redesign, and we’re very happy to have him here to conduct today’s training.
We also have Pravallikha in attendance from the B.C. Ministry of Energy and Climate Solutions. She’ll be on the line listening in and here to answer specific questions at the end, in addition to myself and Jeremie. So I will now hand it off to Jeremie to get the webinar started.
[JEREMIE]: Thanks, Caroline. Okay everyone.
[DESCRIBER]: In the top corner of the screen the small window containing the speaker, changes to show Jeremie.
[JEREMIE]: We’re excited. The program just launched. This webinar today is going to be walking you through all of the steps of this program. It’ll be a great opportunity for you to ask questions. Feel free to submit questions in the chat throughout the presentation.
And at the very end, we’ll have a Q&A session where you can unmute yourself. You can, you know, turn on your camera and ask questions if you like, that way. And we’ll be able to go through all of the submitted written questions as well.
So you can see a bit of an overview of today’s training agenda. And we’ll be going over all of these points.
[DESCRIBER]: A training agenda slide shows three white commercial vehicles beside the title, “Today’s training agenda.” The agenda lists: program overview; your role as a seller; eligible buyers; vehicle eligibility; rebate amounts and stacking; the step-by-step process; common F.A.Q’s; support and next steps; and questions.
[JEREMIE]: But I think we should start by saying how this this program came to be and just want to make sure people know that this program is completely funded by Clean B.C.
[DESCRIBER]: A slide introducing the Go Electric Rebates program explains that it helps B.C. businesses and organizations switch to zero-emission vehicles. The program was paused in August 2025, redesigned through engagement and rebuilding, and launched on August 10, 2026. It is funded by Clean B.C. and administered by Clear Result Canada.
[JEREMIE]: Clean B.C. is a province of British Columbia government-wide I call it a program umbrella for their climate action plan, but this is not their first initiative.
I mean, if we look, we can go back to even before 2011 for a lot of different electrification initiatives, including the clean energy vehicle incentives that started, as I said in 2011, Clean B.C. focuses on a few things, primarily capacity building, infrastructure deployment and purchase incentives.
And all of those things align with supporting affordability for British Columbians, promoting made in B.C. energy and public health.
Now, the province has set a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% below 2007 levels by 2050. And the reason I bring this up, and I’ll share a few more stats on transportation, is that our program for medium heavy duty trucks is a huge portion of that.
So transportation represents 42% of B.C’s total emissions as of 2023. And within the transportation, I guess, slice, heavy duty, medium and heavy duty vehicles represent 22% of that. Meaning in total, it’s just shy of 10% of the entire province’s emissions come from this very sector. The medium heavy duty commercial sector.
So we’re really excited to be launching this program. And I want to give a little shout out or clarification that Clear Result Canada You can see the logo on the screen here. They’ve been selected or we’ve been selected. I’m part of the organization by the Province of B.C. to help co-design and administer this program. The Go Electric Rebates program, and Clear Result is not new to the space of energy and energy transition.
They’ve been delivering energy efficiency services and clean energy transition programs across the country for 37 years, and we have our main office for this program in Burnaby, B.C., and many other offices throughout the country.
So if we look at this program right here, you can see on the screen a couple of things. The program launched earlier this week, and it was on pause for about a year. And it’s been redesigned and relaunched. And there’s been some pretty significant changes which we’ll dive into and explain further.
And the primary one, and the reason that you’re likely joining this call is that it’s a point of sale rebate. And this is something that’s been informed by industry.
[DESCRIBER]: A slide titled “The refreshed program—what changed” states that rebates are now applied at the point of sale. The program is only for medium- to heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles and is designed to be more predictable and easier to access. A white electric delivery truck appears on the right.
So we’ve been hearing we’ve been gathering feedback from past purchasers and future purchasers or buyers, and they mention that point of sale rebate was extremely important to them.
And I want to share a couple clarifications. If you sell some other medium heavy duty equipment that is not on road, as an example, a heavy duty forklift, unfortunately it is not part of this program.
The scope of this rebate program is only for on road medium to heavy duty zero emission vehicles, so it must have a license plate. It must be able to go on the road.
So on our website. So if you go to GOelectric.BC.gov, you’ll see that we have a lot of information there.
And I want to make a clear distinction as your organization. Or as soon as your organization is approved as a seller, you’ll have a login to a portal that’ll have a specific subset of documents. But in the common page right now, you can still download the program guide. And you can see on screen at a glance the different chapters and the information that can be found within.
It’s a great resource. Definitely recommend that you go and download that and have that as a resource. And once you’re approved and you get that login, that password, you’ll be able to download it there as well.
[DESCRIBER]: A “Quick-start: find help fast” slide summarizes the Program Guide: program management and communication, pages 4 to 5; program description and applicants, pages 5 to 6; program criteria and eligible vehicles, pages 7 to 9; rebate overview, pages 11 to 13; application process, pages 15 to 19; and program results and data sharing, page 19. The Approved Seller Resource Centre is shown beside the address Go Electric B.C.-dot-gov-dot-b.c.-dot-c.a.-slash-commercial and a QR code linking to the program webpage.
[JEREMIE]: So there’s one really important step before we dive into your role, what we’ll be covering some of the ins and outs of the program. There’s one really crucial step. And actually there’s even some of you on this call today that were part of the feedback process. And what we heard from from you, from, well, from buyers but also from sellers is you want clarity and you want to know, is there funds that are available? If I put this application through and I’m selling a vehicle to my customer, I need to make sure that the funds are there.
[DESCRIBER]: A quick-reference slide outlines the four-step process and timelines. First, before purchasing, the buyer applies for and reserves rebate funds using a valid Business B.C.e.I.D.. Second, within two months, the seller submits the vehicle rebate pre-approval form and orders the vehicle after confirmation. Third, within 12 months, the seller delivers the vehicle and applies the rebate at the point of sale. Fourth, within 45 days, the seller submits the reimbursement form. A yellow electric school bus is shown plugged into a charging cable.
[JEREMIE]: So we’ve we’ve added a new step as part of this redesign. And your buyers are getting pre-approved so your buyer will go and apply to our program. And they’ll say, I’m going to prove to you that I am a B.C. business, and I’m requesting to have funds set aside for X, Y, and Z vehicles of whatever class, and they will get a confirmation letter saying we’ve set aside money to purchase, as an example, two class three vehicles and a class eight, and it’ll have a total sum attached. It’ll give a purchaser I.D., and very importantly, it’ll give a date.
So there is a two month window from the time that your buyers are pre-approved, money has been reserved for them. They then have two months to come and see you to complete a purchase order, a sales contract, or a leasing contract.
They don’t have to receive the vehicle and it doesn’t have to be delivered, but it just means we’ve reserved funds for your buyers. And if and when you go and submit an application on your end to say, okay, we found a vehicle, it’s exactly as the email stated, it’s a class three. The rebate is of this much.
You can have confidence that funds have been set aside for you. We’ll dive into all the subsequent steps, but I really wanted to to identify that point.
I also that know that, many of you have experienced this, where some customers like to be handheld a little bit more, and they may want you to walk them through that process. We are suspecting that most of them will already be pre-qualified or will have this, this, this step already completed. But for those that haven’t, I definitely encourage you to visit our website and familiarize yourself with the process so that you can help guide them along. And we’ll dive into one detail a little bit later on. What pieces of I.D’s or registrations they need to apply. It’s a really crucial step.
Then you have the step two, right where you send the the purchase order or the sales contract or the leasing contract. And then those funds, once approved, you’ll get an email back confirming the dates that’s approved for the exact amount of money, and you’ll have 12 months to deliver the vehicle, right? 12 months from the from the date of the email confirming your application to the program on behalf of your your customer.
We also know that some vehicles take longer than 12 months, especially if it’s a vocational vehicle, a refuse truck, things like that that take longer to get up fitted. We’ll dive into how to get an exemption or an extension of that 12 months.
So program highlights, as you can see on the screen, our program is Class 2B Class 8 commercial vehicles where it’s eligible for battery electric vehicle, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles and plug-in-hybrid vehicles.
[DESCRIBER]: A program highlights slide states that eligible vehicles range from Class 2B to Class 8, excluding pickup trucks. Eligible technologies include battery-electric, fuel-cell electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Rebates range from $5,000 to $130,000, with a 20% top-up available to Indigenous organizations, local governments and nonprofits.
Now plug-in-hybrids are there’s two distinctions. One is it’s eligible for 50% of the rebate for its class. And the other one is it must have a 50 kilowatt hour or bigger battery to be eligible.
There’s a rebate range from $5,000 to $130,000. A subsequent slide will dive into a bit more of that. And there’s also rebate top-ups for available organizations such as indigenous organizations, local governments, and nonprofits.
So we launched earlier this week, one of the, one of the pieces of feedback that we heard from many of our past customers and current customers is sometimes commercial vehicles are quite challenging.
[DESCRIBER]: A key dates and support slide states that the program launched August 10, 2026. Intake windows open every four months on a first-come, first-served basis, with a 60% funding cap for each vehicle class per intake. The second intake opens December 10, 2026, and the third opens April 12, 2027. Support is available at “Vehicle Rebates -at- Go Electric B.C.-dot-gov-dot-b.c.-dot-c.a.” or 778-486-2635.
[JEREMIE]: They need to submit fund requisition, or they need to have that as part of the yearly budget. They have to wait until it gets approved. It’s not an easy purchase. That happens very quickly.
And as we open the program to applications, we didn’t want it to sell out within days or weeks. We want to make sure that this was accessible to many different types of organizations that needed that flexibility. So what we’ve done is we’ve created intake windows. We have one that started this week. We have one on December 10th and one on April 12th.
So if funds we’ve, we’ve allocated funds to each of these intake windows. And soon as they are full right. As soon as they’re complete, all applicants will be notified or all subsequent applicants that hadn’t applied on time, as it is a first come, first serve type of program that they would be welcome to apply on the next intake. There is no waitlist for, for this program, so that’s an important distinction.
Now there is another I was going to say unique or different thing to this program is we’ve, we’ve added a cap per class of vehicle per intake. And let me explain that one to make sure that it’s quite clear. So if I have I’m going to use fictitious numbers here. First of all, because our program funds are not public and we are not sharing if they’ve been drawn down by half or a quarter or if they’re almost empty. We’re not communicating that partially because the total funding has not been made, has not been finalized by the province. And a lot of the data from these intakes are supporting these funding decisions.
But for for ease of numbers, and again, as a fictitious number, if we say $1 million for this August 10th intake window. So if, let’s say, Class 3 delivery vans are very popular, and out of that $1 million, we have so many applications for Class 3 vans, they take up $600,000 of that $1 million. So that’s 60%. At that point, we would no longer accept applications from buyers for Class 3 vehicles. So if somebody said, okay, well, I’m looking to buy a Class 3, a Class 8 and a Class 5, well, we would deny their Class 3 application because that class has taken the 60% threshold has been met for that class.
And the reason behind that is we want to ensure that there’s funds that are available for all classes. So we want to be able to decarbonize and build momentum and continue this clean transition in all different classes, not just one specific one. So that’s an important one to understand.
But on your end as the authorized seller, it makes no difference because your customer will be pre-approved. So this this 60% cap only applies for when the customer is applying for, for funds.
There is one other thing you can see in yellow here support. So one of the feedbacks that we got from many of the dealers and OEMs that we engaged with to get feedback and to hear what’s important we heard, and we understand if it’s the end of the month you need to close some sales. You have some some, you know, you’re really trying to to have a good month end, you need to be able to call us and reach us and have a clarifying question answered quickly so that to help you close that sale. So we have this contact, this email address and this phone number for you to reach us.
You can find that on the website. You’ll find that on your seller’s portal. You’ll find that on all of our materials for you. So so don’t be shy to reach out. We’re here to, to support you and help and help you sell more electric vehicles.
So approved seller. As soon as your organization is approved as an authorized seller, you’ll be listed on the website.
[DESCRIBER]: A slide outlining the approved seller’s role lists five responsibilities: apply with a valid Business B.C.e.I.D. to become an approved seller and submit vehicles for the eligibility list; guide buyers through pre-approval and the rebate process; submit the required form and order the vehicle; deliver the vehicle and apply the rebate at the point of sale; and submit documents within 45 days to be reimbursed. A row of white zero-emission electric trucks appears on the right.
[JEREMIE]: And as I mentioned earlier, buyers will get their pre-approval and then they’ll see a list of approved sellers on the website. So that’s maybe a good reminder that if you haven’t already had a formal application for your dealership or specialized fleet agency or leasing entity to please do so, we also have a approved list of vehicles, and we’ll talk about that in a in a second.
So your role will be to guide your buyers to, to make sure that they’re buying the product that makes sense to them. But the ordering the vehicle delivering the vehicle. But you’ll be applying. So you’ll have two steps in this process here. They’ve already been pre-approved you will submit an application, right, for for the rebate for the vehicle. And once it’s delivered, you’ll have the final form and all the documents for you to be able to get reimbursed from, from the program.
So I mentioned earlier, there is some documentation and some some ideas that are important for this program for the buyer. So again this step here, this is for the buyers. If you’re familiar, if you familiarize yourself with this, that’s just so you can help guide your your customers that want a bit more hand-holding. But for clarity, I want to walk through a few of these steps.
[DESCRIBER]: An eligible buyers slide states that B.C. businesses may receive rebates for up to five vehicles per year. Indigenous organizations, local governments and nonprofits may receive rebates for up to 10 vehicles per year and qualify for a 20% rebate top-up. Applicants must have a valid Business B.C.e.I.D., be licensed to operate in B.C. and have operated for at least two years before applying. Sellers should familiarize themselves with the Buyer Pre-approval form so they can direct customers to the application. More information is available at Go Electric B.C.-dot-gov-dot-b.c.-dot-c.a.-slash-commercial, while help with Business B.C.e.I.D. is available at b.c.e.i.d.-dot-c.a. The program year runs from August 10, 2026, through August 9, 2027.
[JEREMIE]: A Business B.C.e.I.D. is different than a personal B.C.e.I.D., so it’s very important — a B.C.e.I.D. is a great, secure and protected way for for the government to verify businesses that they are active, registered businesses in the province. And it’s a one time process. As soon as you have one, you’re good to go. But anecdotally, we’ve heard it can take up to 3 to 4 weeks. And for smaller organizations or sole proprietorship or organizations that are in rural areas, it may take even longer.
So it’s important for for you to communicate early on with your clients or potential clients that they need to ensure they have their business B.C.e.I.D.. And if you visit the website, there’s a lot of support and help on how to get a B.C.e.I.D..
But as soon as you go through that process, or as soon as your customer does, and that’s where they can say, okay, I am looking to purchase X amount of vehicles, and you can see on the left hand of the screen that businesses have a annual cap of five vehicles, commercial vehicles that they can have rebated per program year.
Now, indigenous organizations, local government and non-profits have a larger cap of ten vehicles per year, and they have a incentive top up to give an example of that, if they’re purchasing an electric vehicle that has a $100,000 rebate, well, those qualified organizations would receive $120,000 rebate.
When we look at the vehicles per year, it’s important to understand that if your customer if the buyer has a subsidiary. So if the business is not at arm’s length, right, if they’re somehow related in ownership or in structure, their total is five vehicles per year. So it’s not five vehicles per each individual subsidiary.
And also worth mentioning federal Crown corporations or agencies are excluded from this program.
So vehicle eligibility by classes. You can see these are all commercial vehicles.
[DESCRIBER]: A vehicle eligibility slide shows selected zero-emission vehicles from Class 2B through Class 8. Examples include cargo and service vans; street sweepers and box trucks; shuttle buses and refrigerated trucks; straight, landscape and stake-bed trucks; beverage, refuse and moving trucks; school and transit buses; and semi tractors, coach buses and cement mixers. Pickup trucks are excluded, and school buses qualify only when no other provincial rebate applies. Manufacturers may request that vehicles be added to the eligibility list on the program webpage and the complete list is available at Go Electric B.C.-dot-gov-dot-b.c.-dot-c.a.-slash-commercial.
[JEREMIE]: Class 2B is the smallest vehicle that we accept in this class. It’s very important. There’s there’s two things I want to mention here. One is pickup trucks are excluded from this program. And we’re not the only province. There are other provinces and regions that are excluding electric pickup trucks. It truly comes down to the total cost of ownership. And the intent of this program is to help bridge that purchase gap to make it an easier transition for organizations.
So starting at Class 2B and all the way to Class 8. And the other important thing is we are allowing passenger vehicles. So that’s transit buses. We’re talking about motor coaches, shuttles, things like that. It can it can even be a Class 3 passenger vehicle. But to to purchase that they must submit a valid B.C. passenger license transportation license. So they, they have to have the right to transport folks in the province.
And you can see we used a school bus here on the screen. So school buses are eligible for this program as long as there’s no other provincial rebate programs. So at this time there aren’t any. But if a provincial program comes out specifically for school buses, it cannot be combined with this program.
So a few of the exclusions I’ve already mentioned pickup trucks. So whether it’s a Class 2B pickup truck or a Class 3 pickup truck, they are not eligible for this program.
[DESCRIBER]: Information on the slide shows – A vehicle technology and exclusions slide states that eligible vehicles must be new Class 2B to Class 8 vehicles intended for commercial use. Battery-electric and fuel-cell electric vehicles receive the full rebate. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with batteries of at least 50 kilowatt-hours receive 50% of the rebate. Used vehicles, internal-combustion or diesel-only vehicles, vehicles not on the approved list, and Class 2B or Class 3 pickup trucks are not eligible. A diesel transport truck is marked with a red X, while an electric box truck is marked with a check.
[JEREMIE]: I mentioned earlier that we have authorized approved sellers on our website. We’ll have the exact same thing for authorized or approved vehicles on our website. If you’re OEM or if you’re perhaps you are the OEM, please submit that vehicle again on our website. On the on the Clean B.C. Go Electric Rebates website, you’ll be able to submit the vehicle. So if the vehicle is not on the list, you’re not going to be able to get an approved application. They must be an approved vehicle.
And we’ve made a few changes this year where one is you may apply on behalf. If when I say you, I mean an authorized reseller, distributor, franchise, dealership or leasing entity that has approval from the OEM, you may submit a vehicle to be on this approved list, but you must provide perhaps a screenshot or a screenshot of an email where the OEM is giving you permission to apply on their behalf. And this is to bring a bit of flexibility in case an OEM for any reason doesn’t have the internal bandwidth capacity, or if they don’t have somebody in that position at this very moment to do that, we want to make sure that you can sell some electric vehicles and provide your your customers with that vehicle. So again, that’s a step that we’ve added this year.
Back to the things that are not eligible for this program. Any vehicle that’s purely diesel or purely internal combustion is not applicable for this program. And used electric vehicles are not available or not eligible for this program at all. And you can see on the right hand side the P.H.E.V. 50% of the rebate per class as long as there’s a 50 kilowatt hour battery.
So these new vehicles, your gross vehicle weight rating must be above 3,856kg, which is the minimum for a commercial vehicle to be considered a Class 2B.
[DESCRIBER]: Information on the slide shows – A vehicle operating requirements slide states that vehicles must be new, have a gross vehicle weight rating above 3,856 kilograms, and be registered and operated in B.C. for at least 48 months. Demonstration vehicles must have fewer than 10,000 kilometres and a registration history limited to the manufacturer or dealer. School buses qualify only when no other provincial rebate applies. Shuttles, buses and motor coaches require a valid B.C. passenger transportation licence. A worker in a safety vest stands in front of a large electric truck.
[JEREMIE]: Now, once the vehicle is sold to your customer, this is going to be an important one. Here. The vehicles must be registered and operated in British Columbia for 48 months at minimum. Now they don’t have to stay within the province the entire time. They have to be registered and they have to operate out of British Columbia. But if your customers, you know, go to Ontario or go to the United States or whatever, that’s totally fine. But the vehicles must be registered, insured and operated in British Columbia for 48 months. So four years.
Now, what happens if your customer is trading in their vehicle after one year or so for any reason? They want to upgrade. They want to get something different? Well, they would need to reimburse the program at a prorated amount. So if it’s a four, you know, we’re saying it’s four year minimum. If they kept the vehicle for one year, well, they would go back to the program, to the province three years or three quarters of the, of the rebate they received.
We are allowing demonstration vehicles. So if the vehicle has only been registered under the dealership or the OEM and has stayed under 10,000km, then it is eligible for sale and for rebate in this program.
And I’ve already mentioned the point about school buses and any transportation commercial vehicle that they’ll they’re required to have a valid B.C. transportation license.
So if you have any questions about this, please feel free to add some comments in the chat or jot down your your questions so you can see the rebate amounts by class here. And we have the last column on the right is showing with the 20% top up.
[DESCRIBER]: Information on the slide shows – A rebate table lists amounts for battery-electric and fuel-cell electric vehicles, followed by amounts with the 20% top-up. Class 2B utility vans and step vans receive $5,000, or $6,000 with the top-up. Class 3 walk-in vans and city-delivery vehicles receive $30,000, or $36,000. Class 4 large walk-in vans and delivery trucks receive $60,000, or $72,000. Class 5 bucket trucks and large walk-in vehicles receive $60,000, or $72,000. Class 6 beverage trucks and single-axle vehicles receive $90,000, or $108,000. Class 7 furniture trucks and coach buses receive $90,000, or $108,000. Class 8 semi-trucks, dump trucks, cement mixers and sleeper trucks receive $130,000, or $156,000.
[JEREMIE]: So numbers have changed a little bit from last from the last iteration of the program and the last iteration of the program, it was a percentage base, but for clarity, we’ve made it a lot easier as it is a point of sale rebate. We wanted to have that as a flat number a lot easier on your end, and it’s important to note that this number is after tax. So this rebate is applied after tax.
[CAROLINE]: Looks like we have a question here Jeremy. Could it be a 2025 model? Yes, 2025 models are eligible as long as the vehicle is on our eligible vehicle list. It’s approved for the program. If a model is not on the eligible vehicle list, then you can ask the manufacturer or OEM to submit that model if it hasn’t been submitted already, so it will need to be added to that form that I linked above the vehicle eligibility form. And then the list is on our web page that has all of the approved vehicles.
[JEREMIE]: Awesome. Great question. I’ll add one thing on on that, Caroline. If a manufacturer has a vehicle that has never been registered, hasn’t been sold, and has full warranty, currently, our dropdown menu for the OEM to be submitting the vehicles for eligibility, I believe goes back to 2023, would be the oldest vehicle that would be accepted. This program can make exemptions as long as the warranty is is going to be intact, and as long as the vehicle has never been driven and has never been registered, is considered a new vehicle, then exemptions. If there’s for any reason older stock that you want to make eligible for this program again please write to us and we’ll see if it fits within the program guidelines.
Now, the what I have on screen right now is the two page printable quick guide.
[DESCRIBER]: Information on the slide shows – A two-page printable quick guide summarizes the Go Electric Rebates program. The first page covers point-of-sale rebates, intake windows, pre-approval, rebate amounts by vehicle class, vehicle limits, top-ups and funding combinations. The second page outlines the five-step process for buyers and sellers: obtaining a Business B.C.e.I.D., pre-approval, ordering, delivery and completion. It also provides the program webpage, contact information and a QR code.
[JEREMIE]: Again, I mentioned that we we collected some feedback from from many people, from salespeople, from dealerships, from dealership owners. Actually some people some some of you on the call today were also engaged. So one of the pieces of feedback we got is that a salesperson said they would love to have a two pager, a cheat sheet that is both for them but also for the customer. So it’s customer facing. It’s staff facing. It’s a great kind of a quick glance program at a glance. So we’ve created this document.
The feedback we received is that they wanted to have it digital so they could print it themselves as they wished, and they didn’t need to have it as collateral for for the dealership. If you would really like to have some printed materials for your point of sale, please feel free to reach out to us. We can see if we can make that happen as well.
So stacking a very important one.
[DESCRIBER]: Information on the slide shows – A stacking rules slide states that businesses may combine funding up to 75% of the vehicle’s cost. Indigenous organizations, local governments and nonprofits may combine funding up to 100% of the cost. Funding from outside Clean B.C. is permitted when disclosed in the application. At the point of sale, the seller must verify the buyer’s funding disclosure. An electric-vehicle charging unit is shown on the right.
[JEREMIE]: Many of you know that the federal government, up until May this year, had its own incentives. It was called the i.M.H.Z.E.V. program. And the way it worked is if you are pre-approved, some of them are. Some applicants still have some some vouchers that are available until this September. So there is a small chance that some of you may have some buyers that have the ability to stack both federally and this program. I think the odds of that are relatively low. But if it does happen, there are a few things that are important to to understand, but not only for this.
If this is also applicable, if another federal program is launched in the medium or medium term future, or perhaps short term, we’re not in the loop at this point. Or if there’s other sources of funding the combined funding to be applicable for this program to be stacked means that you cannot have more than 75% of the vehicle cost covered.
And let me give you an example. If you have a vehicle, that’s the cost is $100,000 all in after tax out the door $100,000. And let’s pretend the federal program covered 40,000 of that. So 40%. And let’s pretend our program covered 40% or $40,000 of that. Well combined, that’s 80% of the total vehicle cost in this case, since we’re only stacking up to 75% the provincial portion. So this program would be reduced from 45%, from 40%, or 40,000 down to 35%, or $35,000 to get to that 75% cap of the vehicle cost.
Now, the indigenous organizations, local governments and nonprofits can have combined funding of up to 100% of the vehicle cost.
So if there are other Clean B.C. fundings, they are not applicable to be stacked. And an example of that is the commercial vehicle pilot program. That is by Clean B.C. you cannot stack that on top of this program, but you could stack this go electric rebates, fund or these rebates with another source of funding, as long as it doesn’t exceed 75% of the vehicle cost.
Very importantly, it is your responsibility as an approved seller to identify and verify that the vehicle stacking is disclosed on all of your invoicing and for the point of sale transaction.
So this process at a glance.
[DESCRIBER]: Information on the slide shows – A four-step overview explains the approved seller’s rebate process. First, confirm that the buyer has reserved funds by verifying their pre-approval email. Second, help the buyer select a vehicle, complete the purchase order and submit the vehicle rebate pre-approval form. Third, deliver the vehicle and apply the rebate at the point of sale within 12 months of the order. Fourth, submit the required documents within 45 days of delivery to be reimbursed.
[JEREMIE]: Again, we have step one the buyer’s pre-approved. They are a B.C-registered business in good standing. The business has to have been operational for at least two years. If there’s any reason where it’s a startup and they need this, get them to to send us an email or give us a call, see if we can do any sort of exemptions for that.
Step two you get a purchase order. You order the vehicle, you now have 12 months to submit the vehicle and sorry to deliver the vehicle and to submit the rebate, the rebate reimbursement form.
So once the vehicle is delivered, you’ve given them the keys, they’ve received the vehicle. You now have 45 days to submit all of your documentation to get reimbursed from the program. We’ll dive into that in a little bit more detail right after this.
So that was a little overview. We’ll dive into each step.
[DESCRIBER]: Information on the slide shows – Step one is to confirm the buyer’s pre-approval. The buyer needs a valid Business B.C.e.I.D. and must complete the Buyer Pre-approval form with the vehicle class and fuel type. Approved funds are held for two months. The seller must verify the pre-approval issue date and funding window, confirm the buyer’s contact and organization details, and ensure the vehicle class and fuel type match. Funding intake windows open August 10 and December 10, 2026, and April 12, 2027.
[JEREMIE]: So again the pre-approval they need a business B.C.e.I.D.. They need to be a B.C. business operating out of the province. And they have to have been operating for two years.
Once they’re approved, funds are held for two months. Right. We’ve set aside those funds for them and they’ll get that email that states how many vehicles, what class and how many dollars are set aside for them.
As the seller, you need to ensure that the date of issue and the fund reservation window is aligned with your customer’s transaction. You need to ensure that the contact and organization details are correct and match the pre-approval email, and you need to ensure your vehicle class and fuel type match and that they’re in the approved approved vehicle list.
So once you’ve confirmed those financing options, whether you’re financing it, leasing it, once you’ve submitted those documents, then we will you will receive an email confirmation stating that we’ve approved it and that we are holding those funds for 12 more months.
[DESCRIBER]: Information on the slide shows – Step two is to order the vehicle. The seller helps the buyer choose an eligible vehicle that matches the approved class, fuel type and rebate amount. The seller then confirms the financing option, completes the purchase order and submits the Vehicle Rebate Pre-approval form to hold the funds for another 12 months.
[JEREMIE]: If you have, you know, again, I used a vocational vehicle as an example, a refuse truck. We know it takes longer than 12 months. If you communicate to us and you say we expect this to take 14 months, 16 months, we can give a six month extension if there is any valid reasons.
Again, the extensions are absolutely at the discretion of Clean B.C. and they are not guaranteed. So it’s really important for you to communicate early and to communicate. Say we’re we’re six months into this 12 months. Here’s an update on on where the vehicle lands if the client is about to receive the vehicle. But there are some delays with the electric utility upgrading their service to install some chargers at the place of work, and you can’t deliver the vehicle for any reason. You know, particular that reason where there’s no charging equipment. Those are the types of of exemptions that we can grant. And so just again, please communicate with us.
One important part about this 12 month window here is if your OEM has a vehicle that is coming out in let’s say two model years from now, and they’re saying, okay, well, we’re going to we’re supposed we’re aiming to start deliveries in 14 months. Well, I would say don’t put in an application to the program quite yet. Wait to a subsequent intake window, because if your vehicle will not be delivered within those 12 months, an exemption may not be granted if it’s because the vehicle is just not in production at this point, or if there’s delay on the manufacturing side of things. So just to be very clear with that, make sure to communicate early and make sure that the vehicle is eligible for delivery within those 12 months.
Some final checks I’ve I’ll be repeating myself a little bit, because I really want to make sure that we’re anchoring these points that the lease or the purchase contract, the customer has to be aware that they are to get the they have to use the vehicle for 48 months.
[DESCRIBER]: Information on the slide shows – Step two includes several important checks before ordering. The buyer’s details must match the pre-approval email, including the Buyer I.D. and Confirmation I.D. The vehicle must appear on the approved list. Leases of at least 48 months receive the full rebate, while shorter leases are prorated. The purchase order or lease must be signed on or after the current intake’s start date. If the buyer misses the two-month deadline (shown in red), or wants a vehicle class or fuel type not included in their approval (shown in blue), they must reapply.
Now, if you’re leasing the vehicle for less than 48 months, it’s still eligible for this rebate, but it will be prorated to get the full rebate. It’s based on a 48 month lease. So just to be clear on that, if you had a 12 month lease, you would get one quarter of the rebate. We’ve already talked about the approved vehicle list and the importance of matching your customer’s information with that pre-approval email.
And just to clarify, we’ve had some questions on what if the purchase order or lease was signed before the intake start date or before their pre-approved email, it will not be eligible. They need to be putting in the date of that purchase order after they’ve been pre-approved and during the current intake start date.
So if they’ve missed this two month window right where they were pre-approved, they simply have to. They simply have to apply at the next intake window. And and all of the funds that we had set aside, if for any reason somebody doesn’t go through with the purchase, they are shifted to the next intake window.
The blue point on the screen here that where we we mentioned if the buyer decides to change their vehicle. So if I’ve been pre-approved for a Class 5 vehicle, but I’ve decided, you know what, I’m going to shift to Class 8. You can’t shift. You must reapply either in that intake if there’s still space or in the future, or in the next intake window. Now, if there was, please write to us. If there was an issue. They thought, you know, they got funds set aside for a Class 8. But the vehicle with vocational vehicle and its specific outfit ended up being classified as a Class 7. Those are the types of scenarios that we can have a bit more leniency on. And we can see on a case by case basis if that’s something that we can reassign.
Now, to be very clear, though, if you are pre-approved for a Class 7, but it ended up being Class 8, we cannot increase the rebate amount. So you you if you decide to go forward with that, if your customer decided to go forward with that, they would receive the rebate amounts for a Class 7. If we approve the shift to a Class 8.
So there are a couple of different leasing options. And this is different than than before. So I’ll contextualize both these options.
[DESCRIBER]: Information on the slide shows – Step two provides two leasing options. Under the first option, the seller arranges the lease, applies for and receives the rebate, incorporates it into the lease terms and keeps records showing that the rebate was passed to the buyer. Under the second option, an approved leasing company sources the vehicle, arranges the lease and receives the rebate directly as the lessor. A note at the bottom of the slide indicates manufacturers’ affiliates, dealerships and leasing companies that acquire vehicles in their own names before leasing them are treated as the buyers and rebate applicants and must follow the standard rules.
[JEREMIE]: If you are a franchise dealership and you have different financial organizations that you either do financing or leasing through, you would be the main authorized seller, approved seller, and you would be the one providing the point of sale rebate to your client, no matter what form of lease or who you’re going through, and you’re the one that would be providing it point of sale and applying to get reimbursed that amount. So if that’s the case of how your business is structured, you must keep records showing the rebate was passed through. And in one of the next slides, I’ll show you exactly what type of wording we’re looking for in that. And it has to be very specific. And it’s all detailed in the program guide that you can download on our website as well.
Option two is a leasing organization or a specialized commercial fleet organization may be the the the approved seller. So if they’re the ones that are the primary contact for the customer, they source a new vehicle, whether it’s from the OEM or from a dealership, and they’re the ones that set up the lease. Again, they could be the leasing organization or they could be a just a specialized fleet organization that also sources leasing services and the vehicle for the customer. This entity would be the entity that would be approved as a seller, that would apply for the for the rebate for their customer, have it as the point of sale on all the documentation, and they’re the ones that would be receiving the funds from the program to reimburse them after the fact.
Now there is a note here where at the bottom here where OEM affiliates, dealerships, leasing companies, you may purchase an electric vehicle in your own name and you may decide to use it internally or to lease it out, or to rent it out to to customers, which is fine. In that case, all of the buyer rebate applicant standard rules apply, meaning your organization could have up to five vehicles per program year, but you would also have to keep the vehicle registered in your name and insured it in your name for 48 months. For four years, you can’t just purchase a commercial vehicle in your name and then decide to, four months later, sell it to customer. You would then need to reimburse the, the program for the prorated amount that, that hasn’t been used of those four years.
So the purchase order is completed.
[DESCRIBER]: Information on the slide shows – Step two requires the seller to submit the Vehicle Rebate Pre-approval form, available on the Approved Seller Resources webpage. The form requires the buyer’s Buyer I.D. and Confirmation I.D. and confirms the maximum rebate amount reserved. Sellers cannot offer a rebate above the approved amount.
[JEREMIE]: We’ve already submitted the vehicle pre-approval form. You’ll see there’ll be all sorts of documents on that seller’s resource website. So once you get approved, you’ll have that login and you’ll have that and you’ll find it on the resource web page. You’ll need your customer’s buyer I.D. and confirmation I.D., and you’ll need to confirm the maximum rebate amounts reserved. And then you’ll be going through the process on the vehicle rebate pre-approval form. That’s for the step where you’re ordering the vehicle.
You’ll also need to identify the vehicle details so the make the model the vehicle class, the vehicle VIN the estimated delivery date, and any other relevant pieces of information. We talked about if there was additional funding that they’ve received or grants, and if the vehicle was used as a demonstrator or fleet vehicle. So you’ll have to identify the kilometers that are on the odometer if it’s available, if it’s in your yard, and if you have that.
I mentioned, we have 12 months from the date of the letter of approval that we will be sending you after you’ve you’ve submitted that, after you’ve ordered the vehicle and after that rebate application of 12 months, again, you can request an extension.
[DESCRIBER]: Information on the slide shows – Step three is to deliver the vehicle within 12 months of the order date. If delivery cannot be completed within that period, the seller must email the program administrators to request an extension. The program may grant an additional six months at its discretion, but extensions are not guaranteed.
[JEREMIE]: If you think it’s going to take longer than 12 months, you may do so from the start or later on. We suggest that you do that a little bit later on, unless, you know it’s a vocational vehicle that will absolutely take longer than 12 months. As I mentioned earlier, extensions are not guaranteed and they’re at the discretion of Clean B.C.
So the point of sale checklist, there’s a few there’s a few things here.
[DESCRIBER]: Information on the slide shows – Step three includes a point-of-sale checklist. The buyer must sign the Acknowledgement of Received Rebate form and provide proof of insurance and registration within 14 days. The sales documents must show “Clean B.C. Go Electric Rebates program” and the rebate amount as a separate line item. Late submission of the registration may require the buyer to repay the rebate. An example of the acknowledgement form appears on the right.
[JEREMIE]: When you are selling the vehicle, the buyer will have to acknowledge. And when I say when you’re selling the vehicle, when you’re handing the keys over to the customer at the delivery at the time of delivery, there’ll be some documents for your customers to sign and that you’ll need to submit to the program. One of them is the acknowledgment of received rebate form. So this states that the customer has in fact received the rebate with the vehicle. And they’re acknowledging that. And they’re doing so legally with this document. And there’s a few things that we need in addition to that.
I know for many of you, when you sell a brand new vehicle, you’ll provide vehicle registration with that. You know, when you’re handing over the vehicle. Now, there may be some different organizations, or it could be slightly different for for other organizations. Again, you will have 14 days or your customer will have 14 days to provide you with that information. And we heard some, some, some of the feedback we heard is, gosh, it can be so hard chasing customers after you’ve handed over the keys. Good luck getting anything from them.
Well, we’ve heard that feedback and we’ve made it that in the pre-approval portion that your customer has already gone through, they have agreed in the terms and conditions that they will provide you that information within 14 days and they are liable that if they don’t, they would potentially have to reimburse the province for their rebate. So it is you know, you are protected in that sense. They have 14 days to provide registration and insurance of the vehicle that is under their company name. And that’s really important for you to submit that to get reimbursed.
The other item on the on the PowerPoint slide here, that’s really important. I talked about having clear, specific language on your purchase order and your final bill of sales, Clean B.C. Go Electric Rebate program, and the dollar amount has to appear on its own line. So this is very important. You can’t just say rebate or you know, because we don’t know what rebate this is or which or grant. Right. So it’s very important you detail and spell this out.
The vehicle has been delivered. You’ve handed over the keys.The customer has sent you those two documents, the registration and the insurance document. And now you have 45 calendar days to submit all of the information.
[DESCRIBER]: A slide explaining step four instructs sellers to submit the Reimbursement form through the Seller Resources webpage within 45 days of delivery. Required identification includes the Buyer I.D., Seller I.D., Vehicle Rebate Pre-approval Confirmation I.D. and confirmation email. Supporting documents include the signed Acknowledgement of Received Rebate form; vehicle registration and I.C.B.C. insurance in the buyer’s name; direct-deposit information and a void cheque or bank statement; the vehicle identification number, purchase price and delivery date; and the finalized bill of sale or lease agreement showing the rebate as a line item. An example of the reimbursement form appears on the right.
[JEREMIE]: And there’s a few reasons why we’ve we’ve done this in 45 days. We didn’t want you to hold on your organization, to hold on to hundreds of thousands of dollars that need to be reimbursed by us. That’s that’s not good for you and and for us on our end. It’s not easy to plan and to have the the way that government works on four months cycles for funding. It’s really important that you submit this within 45 days.
So when you’re submitting all this information, again, the buyer I.D., the seller I.D., that’s you. We need to identify that who you are and the rebate pre-approval, confirmation I.D., confirmation email and all the vehicle sales detail.
We’ve talked about the signed acknowledgment of received rebate form. We’ve talked about the registration and insurance. And you also need to provide at the first for your first rebate that you submit for reimbursement, a direct deposit form and a void check or bank statement.
Once we have it on file, you won’t need to provide that every single time, but for the first time, you will absolutely need to do that. We need to find a way to reimburse you essentially.
And again, a few of those vehicle details VIN, purchase price, delivery date, odometer reading things like that. And the signed document.
Signed documents can be digital. They don’t need to all be in hand and scanned. It can be a digital signature like Docu-Sign.
So getting reimbursed how it works.
[DESCRIBER]: A slide explaining reimbursement shows a three-stage process. First, the buyer pays the vehicle price minus the Clean B.C. rebate at the point of sale. Second, the seller submits the required documents to the program administrator. Third, Clear Result reimburses the seller after confirming the application and forms. The buyer and seller may also be required to complete surveys after delivery and again after six months of vehicle use.
[JEREMIE]: So your buyer is going to purchase the vehicle with the point of sale rebate already baked into that price, then you’re going to submit for reimbursement all the documents to us, the program administrators, and then we will reimburse you.
Now in our in our service level agreement, we we strive to reimburse you within a maximum of 21 days. But we will strive to do that much quicker and do it as soon as possible. But we do have a few internal steps, you know, fraud checks, things like that that we do have to go through. But we will absolutely reimburse you quickly. We heard that that’s something that’s really important for many organizations, and we understand and respect that.
So now we’re diving into a couple of the common questions.
[DESCRIBER]: A common buyer questions slide states that applicants need a Business B.C.e.I.D.; a Basic B.C.e.I.D. is not accepted. Vehicles may be leased, with leases of at least 48 months receiving the full rebate and shorter leases receiving a prorated amount. Used vehicles are not eligible, although demonstration vehicles with fewer than 10,000 kilometres and registration limited to the manufacturer may qualify. The rebate may be combined with the federal i.M.H.Z.E.V. incentive up to 75% of the vehicle cost for businesses and 100% for Indigenous organizations, local governments and nonprofits. B.C.e.I.D. information and support are available at b.c.e.i.d.-dot-c.a.
[JEREMIE]: We’ll go through a few of these examples. And then we will have a couple little program highlights. And then we’ll dive into the Q&A.
So if your customer has a personal B.C.e.I.D. is that alright? It is not. It must be a business B.C.e.I.D. only. So visit the website B.C.e.I.D.-dot-c.a. and you’ll have some some information support, some help and some how to’s there.
Can they lease this commercial vehicle? Absolutely. Leases of 48 months get the full rebate. Shorter leases are prorated and I mentioned earlier.
But in case you didn’t catch it, are used vehicles eligible. And the answer is no. It is new vehicles only that are eligible, although demonstration vehicles by the manufacturer or the dealership is acceptable. You have to prove that there’s only been registered. The vehicles only been registered in either of those entities, and that the odometer is under 10,000km.
Stacking. Whether you can. Can they stack with the federal i.M.H.Z.E.V. rebate? Yes, it can be that rebate if if it’s if they’ve been pre-proved in the past and they’re at the tail end of it, or if the program is relaunched, absolutely. It can be stacked. If another program is launched as well, it can be stacked up to 75%, pardon me, 75% of the vehicle cost and 100% for indigenous organizations, local governments and nonprofits.
Now, we’ve heard this one before. If what if I could not deliver within 12 months?
[DESCRIBER]: A second common buyer questions slide states that sellers unable to deliver within 12 months should email the program administrator before the deadline; a six-month extension may be considered but is not guaranteed. If a buyer sells the vehicle before completing 48 months of operation in B.C., they must repay a prorated portion of the rebate. Intake windows are scheduled application periods with funding awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. New funding is added every four months, and a window closes early only if its funds are exhausted. Applicants whose submissions are denied should review the eligibility requirements and contact the program team about missing or incorrect information.
[JEREMIE]: Please contact us, your program administrators via email or contact contact us via phone before the deadline. So don’t don’t leave it to the last week. That is absolutely not what we want you to do. Make sure you’re giving us lots of time to process this to see if exemptions. We will need to confer with Clean B.C. to see if an extension is approved, but it’s not a guarantee. So definitely want to make sure you contact us early on.
And what if your buyer sells their vehicle early for any reason? They get rid of their fleet. They change their fleet, they update, you know, they move location. The buyer must repay the prorated portion of the rebate based on a four year ownership and registration within the province. I gave the example earlier. If, let’s say 24 months later, they decide to, for any reason, trade in their vehicle, change their vehicle, sell their vehicle, they would be liable to repay for two years worth. So in this case, it would be 50% of the rebate that they had received for this vehicle. They would be liable to pay that back to the program.
We received a question of what is an intake window. So an intake window. It’s a scheduled period where the program is open for applications from both, for buyers to be pre-approved and for you to apply to apply for a rebated vehicle on a purchase order. These funding windows. These intake windows are on a first come first serve basis, and additional funding would be added at every four months, and the window only closes early if funds are exhausted before the next intake. So this is you know, as I mentioned earlier, it’s to keep access fair, especially for organizations that that required a plan ahead.
Now we have three intake windows that are approved right now the latest being, well there’s one December 10th and I believe it’s April 12th. Confirm that in a quick second. If that’s actually Caroline, can you confirm the date of the third intake window please. And there may be subsequent windows. There’s none that have been officially stated at this point.
[CAROLINE]: Yeah. Lastly is the third.
[JEREMIE]: Sorry. Wonderful. Thank you so much. So she said April 12th. Great.
And the last question here on this on this slide, the application was denied.
[JEREMIE]: What do you do? We recommend you review the program eligibility requirements and contact the program team if information was missing or submitted incorrectly. You’ll often receive an answer as to why your application or why your customer’s application was denied. If it is denied.
Now we’re saying prepare for launch.
[DESCRIBER]: A next steps slide identifies three ways sellers can prepare for launch. First, train the sales team using the seller resources. Second, compare inventory with the eligible vehicle list and encourage manufacturers to submit any missing vehicles for consideration. Third, tell customers to obtain a Business B.C.e.I.D.. The program launches August 10, 2026, with later intake windows opening December 10, 2026, and April 12, 2027.
[JEREMIE]: We launched this this week, so one thing we can share with you all is as we encourage you to train your team, your colleagues, get them familiar with the seller’s resources, check your inventory, make sure that all the vehicles that you’re ready to sell and to rebate are on the available eligible vehicle list. And we encourage you, if they’re not on that list, to contact the OEM to submit those vehicles for eligibility.
And lastly, start the conversation with your current and potential future customers to get their business B.C.e.I.D. now so that they can quickly apply for the program to reserve funds for this intake.
So this is our before last slide here.
[DESCRIBER]: A support and resources slide provides the email “Vehicle Rebates -at- Go Electric B.C.-dot-gov-dot-b.c.-dot-c.a.” and phone number 778-486-2635 for general help. The rebate program page at Go Electric B.C.-dot-gov-dot-b.c.-dot-c.a.-slash-commercial contains seller registration, the eligible vehicle list and program guidelines. Password-protected forms and guides are available through the Approved Seller Resources page. Business B.C.e.I.D. registration and account support are available at b.c.e.i.d.dot-c.a. A QR code links to the rebate program page, and an image of the Approved Seller Resources page appears on the right.
[JEREMIE]: And this is just some support and resources. As I mentioned, we have a phone number and an email address for you to reach us. If you have any questions or require some support when you’re trying to close a sale and reiterating the website where you can find all this information, the B.C.e.I.D. website to help you and your buyers have all the business B.C.e.I.D. that they require.
And again, your approved seller resources. Once you’re approved, you’ll get a password and you’ll be able to to log in to that resource page and have all the additional links, resources and downloadable forms.
So that wraps up our presentation for today.
[DESCRIBER]: A closing slide reads, “Thank you. Questions?” Support is available at “Vehicle Rebates -at- Go Electric B.C.-dot-gov-dot-b.c.-dot-c.a.” or 778-486-2635, and a QR code links to the rebate program page. A white zero-emission electric box truck is parked beside a yellow school bus.
[JEREMIE]: I’d love to dive into some questions if there are any. If you have any that you haven’t written, you know, please raise your hand or unmute yourself and share questions. Caroline, do you want to go ahead and see if there are any questions?
I’m seeing a question. The one year lease question. So the question is, if somebody does a one year lease and they can access a quarter of the rebate, the does the requirement of a 48 month registration still apply? Great question.
So no it does not. In this case, since they are getting one, one quarter of the rebate for a one year lease, that’s all that they would need to have the vehicle registered under their name. They would need to have the vehicle registered and operated in B.C. for that that entire term, that one year, those 12 months. And after that, the vehicle can go back to the dealership or to whomever and be sold again. But the vehicle wouldn’t be eligible for a subsequent rebate to a new customer. So just want to clarify that because that vehicle would not be considered new anymore.
We have a fleet looking to purchase between 15 and 20 vehicles at once. Will the fleet have to stagger purchases throughout the year? Since the rebates are up to $90,000 on these units, how can we know enough funds are available in the intake window?
Great question.
So first of all, this this customer that’s looking to purchase 15 to 20 vehicles at once. Well they can only do five vehicles per year. So if you know, it’s not even just staggering the purchases throughout the year, it’s five vehicles per calendar year.
Now if there’s a bunch of Class 2B and a bunch of Class 7’s, well, it’s five vehicles. It’s not a it’s not a numerical cap that you have X amount of dollars. If you choose to do five Class 2B’s, well you’ll receive $25,000 as your, your, your rebates for your customer. But if they do five Class 7’s, well, you can do the math they’ll end up doing. They’ll end up receiving a bigger rebate that way. So that’s something to consider.
And on your end as the seller, you don’t have to worry if there’s enough funds available in the intake window. It’s the customer that needs to be pre-approved. And if there’s if the intake window is still open and there’s no cap that has been met per class, you will they will receive an email saying, I’ve been pre-approved for whatever they’ve decided to apply for five Class 7’s or five Class 2B’s or a mix of of all and and from that you’ll be able to provide those rebates to your to that customer as a point of sale.
So I hope that clarifies that point a little bit that the the program funds, you don’t have to worry about that on your end. It’s more the customer at the pre-approval stage that has to do that within the intake window timing.
Okay Caroline, think I think that wraps it up for today. Thank you so much, everybody, for for joining.
[CAROLINE]: And if there’s any other questions that, that you think of over the next few hours as you think of what you’ve learned today.
Feel free to send us an email or feel free to call our contact centre line and we’ll be happy to answer.
This webinar will be recorded and it will be posted on the approved seller web page. So once you are an approved seller, you’ll be able to access this recording as well on that page.
So thank you everyone again for joining.
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