Indiana Plans 100 EV Fast-Charging Stations on Major Roads
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana officials are planning to install about 100 electric vehicle fast-charging stations throughout the state, mostly at interstate exits, according to a report in the Indianapolis Business Journal.
About 40 stations, including roughly a dozen in the Indianapolis area, will be partially funded through Indiana’s $100 million portion of the $1 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed last November. Part of that law created the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program, or NEVI, which aims to meet the Biden administration’s goal of placing 500,000 charging stations along U.S. interstates by 2030. Indiana officials hope to start installing the energy infrastructure for the NEVI-funded charging stations in 2024 and complete the project by 2025.
Coming even sooner to the state are 61 fast-charging stations planned for deployment beginning this year. Those stations will be funded primarily with $5.5 million of Indiana’s share of the Volkswagen Mitigation Settlement Fund that the carmaker paid for clean air violations. That program is being coordinated by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
Details about the NEVI-funded stations, like exact number and exact locations, are not yet public information. But one requirement is that some chargers must be placed in areas considered economically disadvantaged, encompassing both urban and rural areas.
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Source: https://rvbusiness.com/indiana-plans-100-ev-fast-charging-stations-on-major-roads/
