The Commonwealth of Virginia is investing a projected $106 million in federal funding over the next five years to install public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across Virginia. The federal funding for these EV charging stations is allocated from the Federal Highway Administration’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program. At this time, NEVI funds are reserved for direct current fast charging (DCFC) stations along alternative fuel corridors.

EVs and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) offer Virginians the opportunity to substantially reduce the environmental impact of their vehicles. Because EVs operate solely on electricity, they produce no tailpipe emissions. PHEVs operate on both electricity and gasoline, but they still produce lower tailpipe emissions than conventional vehicles. While electricity produced at power plants and used to power EVs still creates emissions, these emissions are lower than those produced by gasoline engines.  EV and PHEV emissions compared to hybrid and gasoline vehicles in Virginia and in the United States are shown below:

Information on Virginia's EV Infrastructure Deployment Plan, federal EV infrastructure grant opportunities, EV information, and Local Government resources, as well as program updates are available at the Virginia EV Infrastructure Deployment website.

Note: Taxes paid to the Commonwealth of Virginia will not be used to pay for the installation of EV charging stations nor will they be used to fund charging sessions. EV drivers will pay for electricity at these stations the same way non-EV drivers pay for gasoline at the pump.