$5 Billion National EV Infrastructure Plan

[Rivian_Hugh_III]

CNET reports, "The NEVI plan (the National EV Infrastructure plan) is allocating $615 million in funds for 2022, with the disbursements already planned from now through 2026, with the caveat that the government has to approve the state's individual plans for spending. Beyond the initial $5 billion, there is an additional $2.5 billion competitive grant program to further aid alternative fuel corridors and community charging systems. In contrast, that initial non-discretionary program focuses exclusively on alternative fuel corridor development.

They go on to say, "The government is also extremely specific on how the NEVI funds can be used. For example, if a state planned a charging station that also had solar panels to reduce the operation costs of that station, that's acceptable. However, beefing up local power grids with solar to handle the additional strain provided by chargers would be outside the scope of the NEVI program.

Another paragraph reads, "The goal of the NEVI plan is to kickstart the construction of the half-million charging stations that President Joe Biden included in his national energy strategy, which was announced in December of 2021. Will it be enough to spur actual development outside that funded by the feds, and will a wider availability of chargers increase the rate of EV adoption? Time will tell, but it seems like a good start."

Here‘s the article: https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/...e-plan-debut-ev-chargers/#ftag=CAD-09-10aai5b

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[Autolycus]

For those who are curious, the "alternative fuels corridor" construct has very specific criteria for designation. States apply for designation of a route as either "Corridor-Ready" or "Corridor-Pending". Ready means they meet the criteria with existing stations. Pending means they have plans for stations or the corridor was previously designated as Ready but had a station closure that takes it out of the Ready criteria.

The criteria for the stations in an EV corridor are:
1) Must be public stations
2) Must be within 1 mile of the highway.
3) Stations cannot be any further than 50 miles apart.
4) Only DCFC stations with at least 4 EVSE ports with CCS connectors and each port supports a power output of at least 150kW

These corridors are being developed by the states themselves, mostly through partnerships with public charging networks and/or local utilities.

EDIT: Also meant to note that the designations are processed in Rounds. They're currently in Round 5. Here's a GIS map of all current EV corridor designations through Round 5: (Green line means "Ready", dashed yellow means "Pending") https://hepgis.fhwa.dot.gov/fhwagis/ViewMap.aspx?map=Highway+Information|Electric+Vehicle+(EV-Round+1,2,3,4+and+5)#

EDIT2: Also for anyone interested, here's the 5-year funding by state: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bipartisan-infrastructure-law/evs_5year_nevi_funding_by_state.cfm
and here's the website they have set up to support states in developing and getting approval for their state plans to use these funds: https://driveelectric.gov

 

[Rivian_Hugh_III]

For those who are curious, the "alternative fuels corridor" construct has very specific criteria for designation. States apply for designation of a route as either "Corridor-Ready" or "Corridor-Pending". Ready means they meet the criteria with existing stations. Pending means they have plans for stations or the corridor was previously designated as Ready but had a station closure that takes it out of the Ready criteria.

The criteria for the stations in an EV corridor are:
1) Must be public stations
2) Must be within 1 mile of the highway.
3) Stations cannot be any further than 50 miles apart.
4) Only DCFC stations with at least 4 EVSE ports with CCS connectors and each port supports a power output of at least 150kW

These corridors are being developed by the states themselves, mostly through partnerships with public charging networks and/or local utilities.

EDIT: Also meant to note that the designations are processed in Rounds. They're currently in Round 5. Here's a GIS map of all current EV corridor designations through Round 5: (Green line means "Ready", dashed yellow means "Pending") https://hepgis.fhwa.dot.gov/fhwagis/ViewMap.aspx?map=Highway+Information|Electric+Vehicle+(EV-Round+1,2,3,4+and+5)#

EDIT2: Also for anyone interested, here's the 5-year funding by state: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bipartisan-infrastructure-law/evs_5year_nevi_funding_by_state.cfm
and here's the website they have set up to support states in developing and getting approval for their state plans to use these funds: https://driveelectric.gov

This is profoundly helpful. Thanks for sharing it!

 

[SeaGeo]

I haven't put much effort into this, but anyone know how funding per State was allocated? It makes sense that funds would be associated with population (demand) to some extent, but also space.

For example: Rhode Island is allocated 22,861,459 for a State the size of a City. But Idaho and South Dakota have to cover a LOT of ground for ~$29,000,000.

 

[Autolycus]

I haven't put much effort into this, but anyone know how funding per State was allocated? It makes sense that funds would be associated with population (demand) to some extent, but also space.

For example: Rhode Island is allocated 22,861,459 for a State the size of a City. But Idaho and South Dakota have to cover a LOT of ground for ~$29,000,000.

It’s in 23 USC 104(c). High level: states get the proportion of what their residents pay into the Highway Trust Fund, which is basically the proportion of the federal fuel taxes for each state, IIRC.

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