Alabama News Center — Gov. Ivey awards $11.2 million to boost EV charging availability on Alabama interstates

By: Alabama News Center Staff

Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded 14 grants totaling $11.2 million of federal highway funding to ensure Alabama is poised to accommodate electric vehicles as they continue to make their way onto the state’s roads.

Thirteen of the grants will be used to provide electric vehicle charging stations at fueling stations off the state’s interstate systems. Another grant, awarded to Bevill State Community College in Jasper, will help train students to install and maintain the electric chargers.

“Having strategic electric vehicle charging stations across Alabama not only benefits EV drivers, but it also benefits those companies that produce electric vehicles, including many of them right here in Alabama, resulting in more high-paying jobs for Alabamians,” Ivey said. “This latest round of projects will provide added assurance that Alabamians and travelers to our state who choose electric vehicles can travel those highways and know a charging station is within a reliable distance on their routes.”

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