The amount of funds DriveOhio will disperse to recipients of National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) awards for interstate charging stations averages about $700,000 per site.
Besides Pilot Co., three other convenience retailers—Casey’s, Shell and Turkey Hill Mini Market—will receive National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) funds to construct electric-vehicle charging stations near Ohio interstates in the state, DriveOhio said.
DriveOhio’s first round of $18 million in funds from the federal program NEVI and private investments included $9.6 million awarded to Pilot Co., as CSP Daily News reported earlier.
Over the next five years, Ohio expects to receive $140 million in NEVI funds for EV charging stations, according to the governor's office.
More than $21.5 billion in investments supporting about 800,000 EV chargers have been announced since 2021, based on research from the Environmental Defense Fund, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, and WSP, a New York engineering and consulting firm, which worked together on the report, U.S. Public Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Infrastructure Deployment. In a relatively short period, investments in EV charging have dramatically accelerated, due in large part to the availability of government funds through the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
The $21 billion in investments don’t include charging stalls to be constructed at Cumberland Farms, Shell, Wawa, Kroger, Subway and Target, the report said.
In the DriveOhio announcement, Casey’s, Francis Energy and SK Signet America will receive $730,194 for a site near I-75 off exit 118. Equilon/Shell and ABB E-Mobility will receive $177,924 for a site near I-71 off exit 231, according to DriveOhio. Turkey Hill and ChargePoint were awarded $790,866 for a site near I-71 off exit 100.
Other retailer NEVI awards from DriveOhio include $2.2 million to Meijer and EVgo for charging stations at three separate sites; $742,907 to Dollar General, working with Francis Energy and SK Signet America; $747,290 to White Castle, working with working with ChargeNet Stations and Tritium; and $636,346 to Chase Bank, working with EVgo/Delta Electronics. Best Western located at I-70 and Sonora Rd./Airport Rd., working with Francis Energy and SK Signet, will receive $733,044.
Three shopping areas also will receive between $662,000 and $730,000 each in NEVI funds: Belden Park Strip Mall, working with EVgo; Shoppes on Bluebell, working with Francis Energy and SK Signet America; and Sidney Town Center, working with EVgo.
Pilot Co. said it will install 14 EV charging stations in Ohio, or more than half of the 27 charging stations planned for Ohio’s major interstates through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program.
Prior to the NEVI grants, Ohio had about 1,623 charging stations, ranking it tenth in the nation, according to Here Technologies’ data on EV charging. With 37,300 EV registrations in the state, Ohio has about 23 EVs per charging station and about 316 EVs per 100,000 people.
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