Customers can combine the Proterra battery leasing program with other financing and procurement programs. Agencies interested in streamlining electric bus and charging procurement can leverage two different state contracts, Virginia and California, both of which allow battery leasing. Funding from incentive programs like HVIP in California and the New York Truck Voucher Incentive program can also be utilized to pay for the buses as well as battery lease costs. Additionally, the Federal Transit Administration specifically includes battery-leasing in the FAST Act as well as the Low-No grant program. -- Alan Westenskow is director of business development at Proterra