The Biden administration announced that it approved 35 EV charging infrastructure plans submitted by various states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
In total, 52 EV infrastructure deployment plans were submitted to the Biden administration, according to a report by Automotive News. The 35 that were approved are part of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program (NEVI), which allots $5 billion over the course of the next five years to help the Biden administration move closer to its goal of having 500,000 EV charging stations available in the U.S. by 2030. Currently, the EV grid includes approximately 100,000 charging stations nationwide.
States whose EV charging infrastructure plans were approved now have access to over $900 million in 2022 and 2023. The funding can be used to build more EV charging stations throughout the U.S.
States whose plans were approved include Arkansas, California, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin, as well as Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. In addition, these states will be eligible for reimbursement for costs related to these plans.
“Making electric vehicle charging accessible to all Americans is critical to achieving a transportation sector that improves our environment and lessens our dependence on oil and gas,” said U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. “This first group of 35 plans from States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico now have the green light to build their pieces of the national charging network to ensure drivers can spend less on transportation costs while commuting confidently by charging along the way.”
President Joe Biden has shown support for GM’s all-electric future, even visiting the automaker’s display at the 2022 Detroit Auto Show. GM has previously expressed its commitment to EV production and investment in the United States, having set a goal of one million units of annual EV production capacity in North America by the 2025 calendar year.
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It almost might be good to not rush to build EV chargers because the technology is changing so rapidly that anything built today might become obsolete in 3-4 years.
How long has it taken to get the 100,000 charging stations we have now and at what cost?
This is going to be a mess.
I’m hearing about Covid govt. money scam investigations, so how much is earmarked for fraud and waste, e.g. engineering studies that lead to nowhere?
If its on the internet it must be true. Where did you hear it?
What happened to Florida and Texas. Fl has the second most EVs after Cali. Politics?
I heard that Texas, not Florida, is second in the nation behind California in the number of charging stations.
My free red state isn’t on the list, but no worries I am staying with ICE anyway.
Just because you set up a charging station doesn’t mean you have the extra grid capacity to power it.
With the cost of eighty two dollars to charge the New EV Hummer maybe it will help to keep production of ice vehicles around a little bit longer!
when will they start building the electric power plants to supply all the electric needed by these charging stations…..somehow I think this is the cart before the horse plan
I don’t understand why are tax dollars have to pay for the charging stations? The company installing them should be paying for them and make the money once they are up and working.
I bet anyone 3/4 of them won’t work because there is no power available to charge the cars, or it will be like a trickle charge. If they think solar and wind are going to do it they are going to get rude awakening.
Why do my taxes go to subsidize tax breaks for the oil and gas companies?
Because everything we do in life is dependent on the oil industry.
Look as these vehicles continue to increase the private sector will work to provide charging because there is money to be made. The government really is just wasting more money here.
As for tech it is not a big deal as they can upgrade and change charger cheap and fast.
The main issue is to get enough EV models on the road and charging on the road to make this a venture to invest in. The majority of people will charge at home and the need for chargers will be less than the number of gas stations.
Only people taking trips and people who have no charging at home are affected here. Most homes will have chargers as people upgrade with time.
The after market is now offering chargers for level one and two for $199 from Schumacher. More will soon follow.
Odds are the Government will over pay for poorer systems and then ask for more money to fix them. God knows they can’t even buy a tent or toilet seat with out over paying.