The opening of the initial electric vehicle (EV) charging station, part of President Joe Biden’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, has been announced in Ohio.
The station, situated at a Pilot Travel Center in Madison County, west of Columbus, was installed by EVgo and features four charging stalls capable of delivering up to 350 kW for a single EV or 175 kW when four EVs are charging simultaneously.
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Ohio is anticipated to receive up to $140 million in NEVI funds over a five-year period, with the first batch of NEVI-funded EV fast-chargers in the state set to open by the end of the next year. The NEVI program, established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill in 2021, aims to deploy 500,000 public EV chargers nationwide by 2030, with a total of $7.5 billion allocated for EV charging infrastructure and $5 billion designated for high-speed chargers. The overarching goal is to build fast chargers approximately every 50 miles along major roads, highways, and interstates.
In addition to Ohio, several other states, including Vermont, Pennsylvania, and Maine, have reportedly broken ground on their inaugural NEVI-funded charging stations. The Biden administration anticipates further developments in various states in the coming weeks.
