Biden-Harris Administration Opens Applications for $1.3 Billion in Funding to Continue Expanding National Electric Vehicle Charging Network

The Biden-Harris Administration opened applications today for a historic $1.3 billion funding opportunity for electric vehicle (EV) charging and alternative-fueling infrastructure in urban and rural communities and along designated highways, interstates, and major roadways. This is the largest single grant funding opportunity for EV charging in the nation’s history and it will accelerate public and private investment in clean transportation in the places where people live, work, and play.

The CFI Program is divided into two distinct grant funding categories and requires that 50% of the funding over five years is made available for both Communities and Corridors:

A key difference for EV charging projects in this round of funding is that the maximum distance from an AFC has been increased from one mile to five miles to align with the maximum distance for other CFI-eligible fuels. Increasing the maximum distance for EV charging will help connect corridors to communities, increase flexibility for developers, help utilities incorporate new load into the grid, and accelerate deployment of charging infrastructure.

Visit FHWA’s CFI Discretionary Grant Program website to learn more. For more information on President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and investments in electric vehicles, please visit FHWA’s BIL web site.

CFI Application Resources:

• Joint Office Technical Assistance
• Joint Office Charging Webinars
• FHWA CFI Fact Sheet
• BIL Funding Guidance
• AFLEET
• Alternative Fuels Corridor Map
• DOT’s Transportation Disadvantaged Census Tracts
• EV Charging Justice40 Mapper
• Community Charging: Emerging Multifamily, Curbside, and Multimodal Practices