Biden - Harris Have Approved Plans for EV Charging Infrastructure in 35 States

Illustration of an electric car charger (photo: Unsplash)

JAKARTA - The US states have deadlines related to the submission of their respective plans to build an EV charging infrastructure.

On Wednesday, September 14, the Biden-Harris Administration formalized that more than two-thirds of the Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure Implementation Plan had been approved ahead of schedule, and they were already funded.

President Biden, his Deputy Harris, and their governments have discussed the plan and have approved the first 35 countries.

Each of the 35 states could already use more than $900 million to start building a charging network that collectively covers about 53,000 miles of highways.

"Today, with funding in President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, we are taking an important step towards building a nationwide electric vehicle charging network where finding charges is as easy as finding a gas station," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, citing insideEVs.

"With the first set of approvals we're announcing today, 35 states across the country, will move forward to use these funds to regularly and reliably install EV chargers along their highways," he added.

The administration also said that they were working as quickly as possible through a lengthy and painstaking approval process. They have a target to complete all approvals by September 30, 2022, or sooner.

The first 35 plans that were approved were as follows:

1. Arizona
2. Maine
3. Ohio
4. Arkansas
5. Maryland
6. Oklahoma
7. California
8. Massachusetts
9. Oregon
10. Colorado
11. Michigan
12. Pennsylvania
13. Connecticut
14. Minnesota
15. Puerto Rico
16. Delaware
17. Mississippi
18. Rhode Island
19. District of Colombia
20. Montana
21. South Dakota
22. Florida
23. Nebraska
24. Tennessee
25. Georgia
26. Nevada
27. Utah
28. Kansas
29. New Hampshire
30. Washington
31. Kentucky
32. New Mexico
33. Wisconsin
34. Louisiana
35. North Dakota