As all the time, the wheels of presidency grants grind slowly. Nearly a 12 months in the past, all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and DC acquired approval of their Nationwide Electrical Automobile Infrastructure (NEVI) plans from the Federal Freeway Administration. So far, 5 states have introduced ultimate or conditional awards for charging infrastructure grants, and eight extra have opened their NEVI software course of. One other 17 states have indicated once they count on to open their software processes, and one other 22 states/districts/territories have apparently taken no motion in any respect.

The 5 states which have introduced awards to candidates are: Hawaii, which has introduced awards for 8 websites; Ohio (27 websites); Maine (7 websites); Colorado (24); and Pennsylvania (54). This represents a complete of 120 charging websites, with an estimated 574 particular person charging ports.

The 8 states which have opened their NEVI software processes are: Kentucky (August 24 is the deadline for functions); Oklahoma (September 15); Virginia (September 15); Utah (September 28); Kansas (September 29); Texas (October 16); Tennessee (November 1); and Georgia (November 17).

It’s nonetheless early within the recreation to start out betting on winners, however up to now, Tesla and Pilot Journey Facilities account for simply over a 3rd of the profitable bids, with 22 websites and 19 websites, respectively.

In response to EVAdoption, which supplies a wealth of EV-related statistics, the typical quantity of funding requested per web site up to now is $618,671. Fuel stations/comfort shops and journey facilities/truck stops account for 66% of the overall profitable web site hosts. Many of the operators plan to put in the NEVI minimal of 4 ports, apart from Tesla, which is specifying 8 and 12 ports per web site.

Supply: EVAdoption