Community Electric Vehicle Charger 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 23 U.S. Code 151 and Public Law 117-58)

Jurisdiction: Federal

Type: Incentives

Agency: U.S. Department of Energy

Enacted: Nov 15, 2021

Technologies: EVs, PHEVs

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