Deliver-e Small Business Grant Program
Deliver-e provides grants for Tasmanian small businesses to help them purchase battery electric delivery vans and cargo e‑bikes.
As of 20 February 2025, all funding for Deliver-e has been allocated. Applications are now closed.
Program funding
- Individual grants of $20,000 for battery electric delivery vans.
- Individual grants of $2,500 for cargo e‑bikes.
- Each eligible small business can apply for multiple grants, up to a total of $25,000. Applicants can apply for one battery electric van and/or multiple cargo e-bikes up to that maximum.
- The total funding available for the program is $300,000.
- Funding will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, until the funding is fully allocated.
Program benefits
A grant will reduce the initial capital investment for your business to purchase a battery electric delivery van or cargo e‑bike. Your business can also benefit from the reduced running and maintenance costs of electric vehicles.
Electric vehicles can help reduce Tasmania’s greenhouse gas emissions from transport, reduce noise and pollution from delivery vehicles, and promote health and wellbeing by increasing the use of cargo e‑bikes.
This program is an initiative of the Transport Emissions Reduction and Resilience Plan 2024-29
Program details
Full details about the grants are available in the program guidelines.
Application process
State Growth uses the online grant management system, SmartyGrants. SmartyGrants can be accessed via mobile phone, tablet, or computer, and you can begin an application, save it and come back to it later.
As of 20 February 2025, all funding for Deliver-e has been allocated. Applications are now closed.
For assistance using SmartyGrants, please see the applicant help guide or contact the Climate Change Office at climatechange@recfit.tas.gov.au or (03) 6166 4466.
Frequently asked questions
To be eligible for a grant you must meet all of the following:
- be registered for tax purposes in Australia with an active Australian Business Number (ABN)
- be a small business with no more than 19 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
- be currently operating and located in Tasmania
- have an annual business sales turnover of between $50,000 and $10 million in the 2022-23 or 2023-24 financial year
- if you are a sole operator who has no paid employees, you must also have derived at least 50 per cent of your total annual income in the 2022-23 or 2023-24 financial year from the business.
Any new cargo e-bike or battery electric delivery van purchased on or after 6 February 2025, through an Australian-based retailer, is eligible for a grant.
Definitions for each category are listed in the guidelines.
As part of your application, you will need to provide documents that show
- your current business address
- your most recent business tax return
- an itemised quote for the electric vans and/or cargo e-bikes you wish to purchase (the quote must be dated no more than 14 days prior to the program opening.