The Biden administration's promise to put more electric vehicle charging stations on U.S. roads hasn't gone exactly as planned, but a new round of federal grants could help. reports that $521 million in federal grants have been awarded to develop electric vehicle infrastructure and build more charging ports on U.S. highways.
The Department of Energy and the Federal Highway Administration have allocated $321 million of the grant money to expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure in 29 states as well as the District of Columbia. The remaining $200 million will fund “10 fast-charging corridor projects,” according to the agency. Reuters Agency. A complete list of grant recipients is available at .
Two major cities will receive a significant portion of those grants: Milwaukee will receive $15 million to install chargers at 53 different sites, while Atlanta will receive $11.8 million to install a DC fast-charging hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport with 50 fast chargers.
The grants are part of an effort to launch a $7.5 billion plan to . But efforts to reach that goal have been slow. It was reported in March that only seven open charging stations (with just 38 spots for electric vehicles) had been built since the plan was announced and Congress allocated funding two years ago.
