Colorado and ChargePoint have completed the EV Fast-Charging Corridors program, adding DC fast chargers across six highway corridors.
Colorado’s EV fast charger program delivers
More than 80 charging ports at 33 sites are now available to EV drivers along highways across Colorado. The initiative was made possible by $10 million in state funding and more than $2 million in contributions from private and local government partners.
The Colorado Energy Office says the project has doubled Colorado’s corridor DC fast-charging coverage. In 2019, only 40% of highway corridors were within 30 miles of a fast charger. Now, thanks to the program, nearly 80% of those corridors have fast-charging access within 30 miles. That’s a huge win for EV drivers in the state.
The new ChargePoint charging locations include everything from convenience stores to local visitor centers, offering EV drivers places to recharge, grab a snack, or explore. You can find all the charging sites on the ChargePoint app or website.
“This project is a testament to the leadership we’re seeing across the country at a state level to accelerate the build-out of a robust charging network for all EV drivers,” said Rick Wilmer, CEO at ChargePoint.
All 33 sites are now open and are also listed on the Colorado Energy Office’s website.
Electrek’s Take
I found this wording referring to federal funding striking in ChargePoint’s press release about the successful completion of Colorado’s program:
Investments through programs such as the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program will continue being made, complementing the state’s efforts to deploy more charging infrastructure.
“Complementing the state’s efforts” – because leadership for electrification will no longer exist in the White House come January 20.
This is the kind of state leadership that we’ll need to see for the next four years.
The federal NEVI money already distributed to states under the Biden administration can’t be clawed back by the Trump team, which wants to cut off federal support for EV charging stations and EVs. But NEVI money is distributed to states in phases, not in a lump sum, so what hasn’t yet been distributed is vulnerable.
Colorado’s program, launched in 2018, is a model that other states might want to look at if they want to roll out their own version of a state EV Fast-Charging Corridors program. After all, the Trump administration is going to do its very best to dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act.
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