Virginia Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment
Virginia Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment
The February 6, 2025 directive from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) rescinds the current NEVI Formula Program Guidance, suspends the approval of all State Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plans, and suspends new obligations until the updated final NEVI Formula Guidance is issued and new State plans are submitted and approved.
As permitted by the FHWA letter, awarded projects with executed agreements and for which funding has been obligated may proceed as scheduled. As necessitated by the FHWA suspension of new obligations, VDOT has withdrawn all Phase 1-A and 1-B award projects for which funding has not been obligated.
As part of this suspension, VDOT is also indefinitely delaying the advertisement of the planned Phase 1-C Request for Applications. Upon FHWA issuance of updated final NEVI Formula Guidance, VDOT will assess the appropriateness of developing an updated Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plan.
VDOT will share updated information and direction as it becomes available.
With federal funding provided through the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Commonwealth of Virginia is investing a projected $100 million over the next five years to install public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across Virginia through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program. To meet the federal requirements of the NEVI Program, the initial phase of public charging stations will be located within one mile of Virginia's federally-designated Alternative Fuel Corridors (AFCs; I-64, I-66, I-77, I-81, I-85, I-95, I-295, I-495, and US-17, US-23, US-29, and portions of US-460) to provide convenient and accessible charging and support the growing EV market in Virginia. The map below shows existing Virginia AFCs.
In order to access this federal funding, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) was required to develop a deployment plan by August 1, 2022, and update the plan annually. The most recent Virginia Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plan was approved by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on November 15, 2024. To meet NEVI program requirements, the plan is focused on filling gaps between existing charging stations along Virginia's existing AFCs. To view awards for the VDOT NEVI Phase 1-A & Phase 1-B Request for Applications (RFA), please see the NEVI-Funded Stations Tab above.
If you have additional comments or questions, please contact NEVI@vdot.virginia.gov.
View the results of the initial NEVI public input survey.
For additional information, please see resources in the navigation tabs above.