US bolsters EV charging and H2 development with $635M grant

Announced by the FHWA, this investment will support 49 projects across 27 states to deploy 11,500 new charging points alongside hydrogen and natural gas stations.

The Biden administration has launched a new $635 million grant to expand electric vehicle (EV) charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure. 

Announced by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the funds will support 49 projects across 27 states, four federally recognized tribes, and the District of Columbia. The investment will deploy more than 11,500 new charging points alongside hydrogen and natural gas fueling stations.

"These investments will help states and communities build out a network of EV chargers in the coming years so that one day, finding a charge on a road trip will be as easy as filling up at a gas station," sated Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Transportation Secretary.

This investment is part of the $2.5 billion Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program and the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program.

The grant comes in the last days of the Biden Administration, which aimed to establish 500,000 publicly available EV chargers by 2030 in the US. 

Currently, there are over 206,000 EV charging ports across the country, with 38,000 new public chargers activated in 2024 alone. However, it remains uncertain whether the upcoming Trump administration will maintain this emphasis on the development of alternative fuels.