Federal Funding to Help California Expand Electric Vehicle Charging Network
Laytonville Charging Station at night. [Photo by Jacob Whitney]
California has the green light to start using federal infrastructure funding to expand electric vehicle (EV) charging stations along the state’s interstates and highways following the recent federal approval of a joint plan by Caltrans and California Energy Commission.
The U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation’s signoff on the California Deployment Plan for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program makes an initial $56 million in funding available to install charging stations throughout the state. Funded by the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA), California expects to receive a total of $384 million for the program over the next five years. The federal funding will build on California’s historic $10 billion, multiyear investment to accelerate the transition to zero-emission vehicles by improving affordability and expanding charging infrastructure.
“Thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration’s approval of California’s NEVI plan, we can start putting historic levels of federal infrastructure funding to work to close gaps in our state highway system’s evolving EV charging network and improve availability and reliability for low-income and rural residents,” said California Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin. “Coupled with unprecedented levels of state investments in zero-emission vehicles, this funding will help supercharge California’s nation-leading efforts to drastically cut climate-changing pollution from the transportation sector.”
The IIJA funds will add to efforts to complete a 6,600-mile statewide charging network and deploy 1.2 million chargers by 2030 to meet the anticipated charging needs of the state’s EV fleet.
” With this unprecedented federal investment, California can advance our vision of a unified network of charging stations along the state’s busiest corridors,” said California Energy Commission Commissioner Patty Monahan. “This new network will increase charging access, particularly in the rural areas of our state, and help EV drivers charge up on long trips.”
The state’s NEVI plan focuses on construction of fast-charging stations near interstates, U.S. routes and state routes throughout California. These charging stations will increase the availability of charging options, improve the reliability of the charging network and remove barriers to accessing EVs. NEVI funding will also support upgrades to existing infrastructure, charging stations’ operation and maintenance costs, community and stakeholder engagement, workforce development, and related mapping and signage.
California surpassed one million zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) sold in 2021 and leads the country in all ZEV market metrics including the highest level of public funding, the largest EV market share percentage, and the most extensive public charging infrastructure. The success of the state’s programs has led to ZEVs becoming a top export and has spurred major advances in manufacturing and job creation.
For more information on the NEVI Formula program, visit FHWA’s NEVI website and DriveElectric.gov. For the latest developments on California’s deployment efforts under the NEVI program, please visit the CEC’s NEVI website.
For more information on the state’s progress, explore CEC’s Zero Emission Vehicle and Infrastructure Statistics dashboards.
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California dreaming’ Insane madness No Gas No Diesel Charging stations that are only working off-peak at a premium: Millions leaving CA tax revenue down 11% this year no longshore,men from strike no out of state diesel trucks no trains from strike no healthcare workers no prop 65 on vaxx bottles, plenty of pg+e contributions to gavslum newslum, united health, all the big corps donating to receive huge state contracts, perfectly legal in CA, highest corruption pension funds broke total collapse! HAHA!
Can you say rolling blackouts.
Who thinks of this stupid shit
can you say I charge my car for free with 6 solar panels and an inverter .Haven’t been in a gas station in 4.5 years . We have purchased two sets of tires and widshield washer fluid that is it .
Wait until you have to buy new batteries for your ev. They only last about 8 years or around 100k miles, and will cost you about 20k. That 20k buys a lot of gas. Plus the used batteries are toxic for the environment, just like your used solar panels will be…
10 to13K plus labor and Tesla claims they last 350,000 to 500,000 miles.
“How Much Does an EV Battery Cost to Replace? Replacement ranges from $0 to $20,000 based on dozens of factors. If a battery is within its manufacturer warranty, typically 8 years and 100,000 miles, then you should get a replacement battery at no extra cost.” Aug 25, 2022
https://www.recurrentauto.com/research/costs-ev-battery-replacement
I have 121k on mine with 91% capacity.
Replacement is $6800
Take EV advice from actual EV owners, not folks with an agenda.
Fix the power grid first bozo
You give the political class too much credit.
They will not move unless we are united against insane policies that cripple our independent ability to compete
Just look at all those cars lined up patiently waiting at the Laytonville charging station. There is clearly a huge demand for these systems. What a wise use of our tax dollars.
Hahaha 90 percent of the people traveling through are scared to stop in that dump. It’s like eureka putting the stations at the mall. No one is ever out of the car they are too scared to get robbed.
The Tesla stations are always in use
I constantly see yuppies and hipsters walking from the charging station to Pour Girls and Geigers.
If you think lville is a scary place you don’t get out much
Nice too see are state is taking the lead in moving to wards an green economy. Some body has too be first. So glad it is us. I can finally say I am proud to be on the left coast. Are county really needs more charging net works. There reliability rate is nearing 90%. Please remember these charging stations our for EV and not parking spaces for you’re grow dozer so do not be a d@#$ like other people I have seen. This is are planet to gether so lets leave it for are children. At last an green rush we can all be proud of.
&free Brandon
NLM
you dreams and ideas are eclipsed only by your use of the english language, and spelling.
‘ oh lord, stuck in ( insert town name here ) again.’
Progressive English.
In our defense, “Green vehicles” is very ambiguous!
Lol! That’s awesome!
🤣 😂 🤣
Come on money hurry up and save faster so I can move my ass to Florida and live in Panama City! P C Beach baby WOOOOO!
Next to each ev charging station is a giant diesel generator. How can you call these “zero emission vehicles”?? We’re all getting played hahaha 🤪
Don’t hate the player….
…hate the game
Not to mention the 8-10% loss in operating the station. Until lithium-metal technology is achieved, this is a very expensive joke. Generating electricity is fairly straight forward, storing is an entirely different matter.
I am wondering if PG&E is involved in this. They seem to be having a major problem furnishing electricity to Southern Humboldt. The new hospital being built in Garberville from my understanding won’t be furnished with power from PG&E. Now the government wants new electric vehicle charging stations. Our power grid should be first in line, not charging stations!!!
Both can be done simultaneously. But it makes no sense to order the cars to be electric before the electricity is available. Then there is the lack of duplication inherent in the idea. When power sent out, a gas, propane of diesel generator could provide some electricity. But of course if the power is out and there is no alternative… And, if large trucks must be electric, no deliveries either. No police, ambulance or fire trucks either.
Agreed!
And don’t forget no gas generators and chainsaws
They can have my gennies and chainsaw, when they pry it out of my cold dead hands. I’m so g#$damn sick of this nanny state.
Only family keeps me here.
PG&E’s Electricity Transmission Limits Threaten to Throttle Development Throughout Southern Humboldt, Blindsiding Local Officials
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2022/sep/19/pges-electricity-transmission-limits-threaten-thro/
Good job Mr Fox. PGE announced they wouldn’t be able to serve any new projects, so where is the power going to come from?
PG&E Releases Statement Addressing Electricity Transmission Limits, Says Short-Term Improvements Will Allow Garberville Hospital Project to Proceed..
The alternative is wind and solar power.
Wind and Solar have been shown to be limited.
Build it & they will come, eh? There were no gas stations on every corner 1n 1903 either, Ford built cars anyway. Gee, the infrastructure miraculously appeared
Do you ever check for anything before ridiculing someone? You could find your own answers and not leave it for others to fix the defect. It does simplify things to not to bother if your opinion is worth the time to write it.
“ In the nineteenth century, coal, gas, camphene, and kerosene made from petroleum were being used as fuels and in lamps.” “The world’s first refineries and modern oil wells were established in the mid-19th century.” The difference is that petroleum was already available and unused in large part. It was capable of being rapidly expanded.
“Edwin Drake dug the first crude oil well in Pennsylvania in 1859 and distilled the oil to produce kerosene for lighting. Although other petroleum products, including gasoline, were also produced in the distillation process, Drake had no use for the gasoline and other products, so he discarded them.” Gasoline was a waste product looking for a use.
With electricity, there are times when it already is in short supply. Especially if the point is clean energy, it makes no sense to use other energy sources that are dirty to create electricity. But in any circumstance, significant investment in infrastructure is needed to meet the increased demand AND CALIFORNIA IS NOT DOING IT. And even that ignores other problems like battery recycling. Or we will end up with with piles of toxic waste like what has happened with
https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-gasoline-1991845#:~:text=Timeline%20of%20Gasoline%20and%20Fuel%20Improvements%201%2019th-century,had%20a%20capacity%20of%20one%20barrel.%20More%20items
https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/gasoline/history-of-gasoline.php#:~:text=Edwin%20Drake%20dug%20the%20first%20crude%20oil%20well,gasoline%20and%20other%20products%2C%20so%20he%20discarded%20them.
It would be nice if they could provide mobile charging units so EV folks wouldn’t have to interrupt their travel to refuel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLUI8R3ky7Y
Just pull a trailer with a diesel generator running continuously providing electrical power to your electric car! Totally eco-green
What is Solar Paint?Solar paint, also known as photovoltaic paint, is exactly what it sounds like! It’s a paint that you can apply to any surface that will capture energy from the sun and transform it into electricity. The paint would essentially be your average paint, but with billions of pieces of light sensitive material suspended in it, material that would transform the typical paint into superpowered energy-capturing paint.
https://solaractionalliance.org/solar-paint/
Solar paint has been around for a long time, it’s not very efficient. Nuclear is the only answer here, and ironically, it is now classified as a green energy 😂
My point being that the technology is there as a solution.
It’s a matter of development.
About the time they get all the infrastructure installed and sell EV’s to everyone, they are going to realize that hydrogen powered vehicles are a much better answer. No mining and buying lithium from foreign countries, no waiting a half hour for your car to get a charge (and maybe longer waiting in line), no wasted energy dragging around a massive battery, no used battery graveyards….
Humboldt county is buying several hydrogen powered buses for their line. The tech is here. Even though it is expensive, with the money that is being devoted to EV’s it could be made affordable.
The car companies want to sell you a new car the same way Apple wants you to get hard over every new iphone that comes out. They need a constant stream of new gimmicks; GPS, self-parking, self-driving, now it will be EV’s. You’re being played. Individual autos for everyone on the planet was never a good idea. The car and gas companies purposefully tanked mass transit for the most part (read the history of L.A.’s metro system).
If our tax dollars are funding this we need to confirm what gender pronouns these charging stations prefer