“We should be capitalizing on every opportunity that we have available to us.”
Massachusetts still does not have a single operating charger from a federal program for highway EV charging, even though the state received about $64 million to build them along major highways.
For drivers hoping for easier long-distance travel — and for communities that stand to benefit from cleaner air and lower transportation costs — the holdup is a major missed opportunity.
What happened?
The Biden administration’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program was meant to create a dependable charging network along highways across the United States. But CommonWealth Beacon reported that Massachusetts has not yet brought any of its NEVI-funded chargers online.
As early as 2022, the state projected that its roughly $64 million award could pay for 92 charging ports…