First Federally Funded EV Charging Station Opens in Ohio
The federal government is building more electric vehicle charging stations across the U.S.
According to Government Technology, the federal government aims to build 500,000 publicly available chargers by 2030. As of March 2024, four states — Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and Hawaii — had opened charging stations with funding from NEVI. According to the Associated Press, the Biden administration says the national charging plan is on track, with stations set to open in Maine, Vermont and Colorado later this year; more states have awarded their funding or broken ground on projects.
Speaking at the CoMotion Miami conference in May, Gabe Klein, the executive director of the federal Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, said there are currently about 28.5 vehicles per public charger in the United States, which is close to the federal government’s 2030 goal.
“And so we’re actually where we need to be. It’s just that we want more, so we get more people buying [EVs] because they feel so comfortable with it,” Klein said.