This $1,526,937 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration's Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) provides funding for the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain a publicly accessible direct current fast charging (DCFC) station located at 400 Steward Rd in Rochelle, Illinois. The project, titled "NEVI - LOVES LOCATION 31", is authorized for complete design-build operation, with construction...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $8,450,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to Li Industries, Inc. to develop an integrated, faster, and more cost-effective automated sorting and neutralization preprocessing system for end-of-life consumer electronics batteries. The objective is to reduce the logistics costs associated with recycling lithium-ion batteries from discarded consumer...
This $1,618,515 formula grant award from the Federal Highway Administration's Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) will fund the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a publicly accessible direct current fast charging (DCFC) station located in Utica, Illinois. The project, titled "NEVI - LOVES LOCATION 28", is for the complete design and build operation of the DCFC station, with construction not to begin until environmental requirements are...
This federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) provides $865,695 to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain a publicly accessible direct current fast charging (DCFC) station at a location in Princeton, Illinois. The project entails the installation of a NEVI-compliant, four-dispenser DCFC station at the...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $219,227 to The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to develop innovative methods for integrating adaptive tiny machine learning models into battery-less Internet of Things (IoT) systems. The key objectives are to: Redesign and optimize tiny machine learning models to enable timely data analysis and decision-making in self-powered IoT devices....
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) received a $811,550 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration's Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) on January 31, 2025. The grant will fund the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a publicly accessible direct current fast charging (DCFC) station with 4 charging ports at 150 kW per port, totaling 600 kW of capacity, located at the La Quinta Inn & Suites in Collinsville,...
This $712,987 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration's Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) will fund the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a publicly accessible direct current fast charging (DCFC) electric vehicle charging station in Cicero, Illinois. The project consists of installing four 150 kW DCFC charging ports at a site located at 3800 S. Cicero Ave, providing a total charging capacity of at least 600 kilowatts. The...
This $1,525,268 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) supports the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a publicly accessible direct current fast charging (DCFC) station at a Love's Travel Stop location in Jacksonville, Illinois. The project entails the installation of a NEVI-compliant, six-dispenser DCFC station at the 201 Loves Dr South...
This is a $1,148,306 Formula Grant awarded by the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). The grant supports the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a publicly accessible direct current fast charging (DCFC) station located at 401 N Main St, East Peoria, IL 61611. The project will install no less than 6 DCFC ports with dedicated Combined Charging System (CCS) connectors, with...
This $803,950 Formula Grant, awarded by the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction), supports the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a publicly accessible direct current fast charging (DCFC) station in Champaign, Illinois. The project involves the installation of four 150 kW DCFC ports with dedicated Combined Charging System (CCS) connectors at the Microtel Inn by Wyndham location. The total charging station power capacity...