Over $21 Million dollars has been awarded to Illinois by the U.S. Department of Transportation for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations along the Illinois Interstate Highway System.
The grant dovetails into The State of Illinois Electric Vehicle Infrastructure plan, which details the state’s approach to deploying public charging infrastructure throughout the state.
This plan supports Governor Pritzker’s goal of getting one million electric vehicles on the road by 2030.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act includes a total of $148,621,459 through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program (NEVI) for Illinois to expand the EV charging network along its highways over the next five years. The $21,998,178 is the first award for Fiscal Year 2022.