Community Electric Vehicle Charging Grants

The U.S. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (Joint Office) offers grants of up to $4 million for projects that expand community e-mobility access and provide clean reliable energy. Topic areas include solving no-home charging, electrifying light- and medium-duty fleets, and developing managed charging programs. Grants are available for planning projects as well as demonstration and deployment projects, which have a minimum cost share requirement of 50%. Eligible applicants include universities; businesses; non-profit organizations; and state, local, and tribal governments. Terms and conditions may vary by topic area. For more information, see the Joint Office’s Communities Taking Charge website.

(Reference Public Law 11-58 and 23 U.S. Code 151)

Jurisdiction: Federal

Type: Incentives

Agency: U.S. Department of Energy

Enacted: Nov 15, 2021

Technologies: EVs, PHEVs

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