New States In Play! National EV Infrastructure (

[@AllenYatesJ]

I know it's very time consuming to pull together all of this information, so thank you very much for your work and the update.

[@plugandplayEV]

My pleasure, Allen, thanks for watching!

[@tommckinney1489]

Thanks for the update. I had a conversation today with two people who were wondering about the NEVI awards, and this is concrete info I can share with them. I encounter a lot of misunderstanding about these awards, and it's nice to give people facts.

[@plugandplayEV]

Thanks, Tom. My favorite is the "$7.5 billion for only # stations?!" claim. Reality is that the current total for the 20 stations energized is about $13 to $15 million, with an average around $400-600K per site.

[@ziploc2000]

Good to know Oregon is finally getting on with this.

[@plugandplayEV]

Looks like a solid start for them at some interesting locations. Hopefully taking the time to analyze the process closely will make the decisions a winner for Oregon's EV drivers.

[@bobh9652]

Good info. I amazed that so few EV chargers are being built at restaurants and grocery stores. These are places people normally spend at least a half hour, plenty of time to charge a car.

[@plugandplayEV]

If initial trends from leading states are anything to go by, we'll see more dining/retail locations from NEVI Phase 2. The first phase has states most focused on filling gaps, often in remote locations with limited options, which lends itself to the truck stops and travel plaza chains that serve those spots. Example from Ohio: Round 1 awards were 65-70% truck/travel stops and gas stations. For round 2, that flipped to 64% of site awards being retail/dining (included locations like Giant Eagle, Panera, and independent businesses like a restaurant and a bowling alley). Once the travel/AFC requirement is filled in, that trend to independent biz locations could accelerate even faster.

[@thenetworkarchitectchannel]

Creative idea to capture progress with your new scoring method. It intuitively conveys progress. Thank you for the video. I enjoyed watching

[@plugandplayEV]

Thank you, Walter!

[@ronb4633]

Like the scoring map

[@plugandplayEV]

Thanks! Let's see how long these laggards stay on "2" 👀

[@diydrivenGA]

QT would be crazy to not put a few charging stations in their lot.

[@anthonyc8499]

Thanks for the updates! This is a lot to keep track of and it’s exciting to see. Great to see Washington finally put out their RFP. The state has awarded tens of millions in state grants the last two years so these NEVI grants are a thick layer of frosting on the DCFC cake.

[@plugandplayEV]

You know it! Miss a couple of weeks and it's like rowing against the current trying to catch back up. Should be a good foundation for future updates now, though, and I'm sure there's nothing much in November that will sap my energy to keep up...! ;-)

[@SteveRowe]

Thanks for keeping an eye on this for us, Steve!

[@plugandplayEV]

My pleasure ⚡

[@newscoulomb3705]

Thanks, Steve! It's crazy how far behind California is on EV charging infrastructure. :-)

[@plugandplayEV]

Just "revving the engine"... Cali will be racing to the next NEVI stop light before we know it!

[@AustinWyattPetersen]

What’s the deal with West Virginia? I want to travel through it from NY to NC and the only one station listed as under construction hasn’t broken ground and has been listed as such for years. Otherwise there is nothing which is insane..

[@plugandplayEV]

Agreed. Unfortunately, it comes down to a combination of a state government uninterested in supporting electric vehicles, limited EV adoption locally, and other more popular travel routes nearby. All of the states got funds from the VW Dieselgate settlement years ago, which WV neighbors like Ohio have used to build up fast charging even prior to NEVI. Often, delays deploying those funds correspond to a state that will drag its heels on NEVI, as well. WV only got the public info sessions completed earlier this year, so the solicitation process isn't expected to start until 2025. The plan for FY2025 should be available soon, which will give us a more concrete timeline for actual station locations (15 have been proposed for phase 1 in WV, for what it's worth). They cover most of the state, including that barren stretch of I-79 in the middle, so at least the mapping phase is checked off the to-do list.

[@DanTheEVMan]

Steve, thanks for the update. My personal count of NEVI awards (excluding CA and HI) just topped 800 sites with the past couple of weeks OK and VA Rd 2 awards. Curious why you scored IN at only a 4 when surrounding states that listed the round 1 awards after were scored a 5 (IL, MN, WI, MI)

[@plugandplayEV]

Fantastic, thanks Dan. I had tracked it past 700 but need to update for October, so didn't delve into the exact number of awards or $$. Appreciate the addition. Indiana is more a victim of timing here, as they missed a point for not having multiple solicitations underway. NOFO #2 is in the works and supposed to be released this year, so it could be any day now that they'll be up to 5.

[@Yanquetino]

Nice, Steve! Hope the DCFC rollout really starts to accelerate. BTW, I was at that same EA site in Moab, UT, just last week. A great site -despite the additional Rocky Mountain Power $1.09 fee to even plug in there.

[@plugandplayEV]

Thanks! Yes, I was smitten with Lion's Park and would have loved to explore a little more... probably better suited to a level 2 charger, for some folks! I typically don't like session fees but the rate there is 10-20% below most competitors thanks to the utility pricing, so I can swallow it in this instance.

[@glenngore6609]

I would watch out for Francis. They received the second-highest amount of funding, second only to Tesla, but their past track record is anything but stellar. They built a complete EV charging network in Oklahoma after receiving the VW Settlement money, putting charging sites along US and State highways instead of Interstates, which are already well served here. The problem is that Francie has not maintained their network at all. They have sites that are unable to charge EGMP platform vehicles such as Hyundais and Kias. They have sites where half or all the dispensers have been broken down and dead for over 3 years now. They have many sites where the dispensers are crippled at 50 kw after being capable of 150 kw in the past. Their network is a laughing-stock here in Oklahoma, and if they build anything new, I would be VERY suspicious that what they build will be allowed to just break down and die, never to be repaired. Francis has a well-established track record, and it is not good!

[@sirenbrian]

Part of the NEVI funding requirements are that the sites maintain high uptime (over 99%, I think?), so hopefully that will keep Francis on top of maintaining the chargers. Thank you for your comment though, it's good to know the past performance of the companies involved.

[@glenngore6609]

@ I doubt that they can use any of the new NEVI funds to repair their existing network, which is understandable but still leaves that network, which by its very nature being non-Interstate highways which gets charging closer to where people actually live and where most traffic occurs is more useful in the long run. I hope they can reach that 99% uptime requirement but I have very serious doubts

[@plugandplayEV]

Uptime requirement is 97% per port, which is actually too low but at least sets standards for repair time and reporting. It also doesn't tie to first time charge start success, which is a more important metric for customer experience. Francis in general seemed to start out poorly, as Glenn flagged, but their newer hardware shift to SK Signet seems to be paying off. That's what they're using for NEVI, so hopefully that -- tied to the fact that they're in the spotlight as the entity receiving most funds/awards (they overtook Tesla on that front over the spring, if I recall correctly) -- will see Francis set higher standards and keep them there.

[@glenngore6609]

@ Francis has replaced 2 dead BTC units with new Signets at one of their sites here in Oklahoma. I have been to that site and they do seem to work well. The problem is that they have only put the new Signets at ONE of their dozens of sites here in Oklahoma, and no others, none of the sites that have been dead for 3+ years have been touched. That’s why their track record on repair and maintenance is so horrible. If the people running the NEVI program had looked at Francis’s track record here, I doubt they would have received a dime of new funding.

[@diydrivenGA]

Great work, thanks for this. Hoping more charging comes to Georgia. Need to get Kemp out and replace with politicians at all levels that can understand the importance of doing this. Right now the state is in a weird place with EV adoption where the public is jumping on it, but external forces are making it harder for ev owners.

[@plugandplayEV]

I'd hoped Hyundai's MetaPlant starting up in Savannah might have made EV voices down there louder, but it doesn't seem to be happening very fast... perhaps the antipathy from Florida is bleeding across state borders! To me, the map is showing enough progress now to demonstrate that this is far more than a red/blue state division. It's tech-forward investment vs. Luddite mentality. Those who choose the latter will find themselves left behind, with residents asking why they moved so slowly with tens of millions of dollars available to catalyze investment 🤔

[@diydrivenGA]

@@plugandplayEV True. Guess GA will take the investment but not do anything to make sure it bears fruit unless owners/voters demand it of their elected officials. It always comes down to politics unfortunately.

[@robertstillmaker5193]

Washington State has moved slower than expected with the process. Maybe because they have so many rural areas to fill in and were early with the 50 kW DC stations before Electrify America started putting in their locations on top of the existing 50 kW locations instead of filling in the gaps. It didn't help that Electrify America had such a slow start and then wasted a lot of time and effort upgrading sites to fix mistakes with cable types and lengths. Hopefully EVgo and other charging networks will get a chance to fill in the charging gaps left by Electrify America.

[@anthonyc8499]

WA has been really slow with NEVI but that might be due to ZEVIP and WA EV Charging Program getting awards first. $115M in state grants for charging have been awarded for 2023-25.

[@ab-tf5fl]

@@anthonyc8499 Looking at the proposals for WA, it will be quite nice when these stations actually go in the ground. US 101, in particular, charging today is very sparse and having a minimum of 4 DCFC stalls every 50 miles will make a huge difference. This is especially true with the section near the Pacific Coast. I-90 has decent charger coverage, but more capacity is needed to handle increasing numbers of EVs, and there are some larger-than-ideal gaps between charging sites that need to be reduced. US-2, similar. Curiously omitted in the list, I see (unless there's another page not shown in the video) is I-5. But, I-5 actually has pretty good charger coverage already, from the Oregon border to the Canada border, so prioritizing other parts of the state for NEVI seems reasonable to me.

[@emrimbiemri3211]

The leading vendor is Francis? Boy I hope we're not screwed. I do hope the NEVI experience with them is more like your experience that you had the other day in Hannibal MO. Their old equipment suck a***

[@plugandplayEV]

Yes, Tesla is second but Francis overtook them earlier this year as more Midwest states made awards. Illinois gave them 11 sites, for example, where Tesla won none. Hoping they've learned the lessons from the first wave of bad hardware.