Distributed Energy Resources, Energy Efficiency, GHG Emissions - January 13, 2025
Federal Highway Administration Provides $635M in EV Grants
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced $635 million in grants to continue building out electric vehicle (EV) charging and alternative fueling infrastructure.
The grants fund 49 projects that will deploy over 11,500 EV charging ports and hydrogen and natural gas fueling infrastructure along corridors and in communities across 27 states, four Federally Recognized Tribes and the District of Columbia.
The grants are funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s signature zero-emission refueling infrastructure programs. President Joe Biden set a goal of building out 500,000 publicly available EV chargers by 2030, and the program is on track to achieve that goal early.
There are currently over 206,000 publicly available EV charging ports with 38,000 new public chargers turned on in 2024 thanks to private sector investment and a combination of direct federal funding, federal tax incentives, and state and local funding.
“The Biden Administration has made historic investments to support the EV transition and make sure it’s made in America,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in a statement. “These investments will help states and communities build out a network of EV chargers in the coming years so that one day, finding a charge on a road trip will be as easy as filling up at a gas station.”
The new funding includes $368 million that will be allocated for 42 “community” projects that expand EV charging infrastructure within communities while $268 million will go towards seven “corridor” fast-charging projects that build out the national charging and alternative-fueling network along designated Alternative Fuel Corridors.
Community project selections in this round of grants include:
- The Cherokee Nation in northeast Oklahoma will receive $10.7 million to install 112 publicly accessible EV charging ports across 12 community locations.
- The City of Troy, Alabama will receive $724,912 to install 10 new charging stations at five key locations such as the local hospital, museum, university, downtown center, and sports complex.
Corridor project selections in this round of grants include:
- The Port Authority of Houston will receive nearly $24.8 million to construct and operate a hydrogen fueling station for heavy-duty trucks in Bayport, Texas.
- The Maryland Department of Transportation, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and the West Virginia Department of Transportation, will receive $18.6 million to deploy alternative fueling infrastructure along the I-81 and I-78 corridors in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. The project includes installation of six fast charging stations in locations that will serve local fleet needs and build out connections to a regional network of freight truck charging infrastructure.
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