Federal officials have approved funding plans from 35 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to deploy electric-vehicle charging stations along their highways, clearing a path for them to tap more than $900 million in federal formula funds to help build their part of what the Biden administration envisions as a nationwide network of about 500,000 chargers along 53,000 miles of roads.
In a Sept. 14 progress report, the U.S. Transportation and Energy Depts. said the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides $8 billion over five years for the EV charger network, which includes the $900 million in formula funds from fiscal years 2022 and 2023.