Funding is going towards the procurement of alternatively fuelled buses using battery or fuel cell technology or buses fuelled by methane, 100% of which is generated from biomass.

  • Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV)
  • Deadline: 15 July 2022

The call is being issued as part of the guideline for the funding of alternatively fuelled buses of 7 September 2021. It allows the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) to promote market activation and the ramp-up of climate-friendly alternatively fuelled buses. The focus of the funding measure is on the procurement of alternatively fuelled buses using battery or fuel cell technology and buses fuelled by methane generated from biomass. The call also provides support for the procurement of charging infrastructure and of hydrogen and methane refuelling infrastructure for the buses.  

Further information (in German) is available at:

Call for the submission of project outlines for the funding of climate-friendly alternatively fuelled buses (05/2022)
Further information about the call