The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has awarded a $3,552,522 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to the Central Pines Regional Council, also known as the North Carolina Association of Regional Councils of Government. The objective of this 1-year project is to assess the performance, reliability, usability, and safety of AC Level 2 and DC Fast Charging (DCFC) stations across all 50 states, the...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $5,493,941 Cooperative Agreement to the Electric Power Research Institute Inc. (EPRI) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program. The objective of the "GridFAST EXPRESS" project is to establish a comprehensive national program focused on streamlining the utility interconnection process for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, including both AC Level 2 and DC...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $1,520,750 Cooperative Agreement to the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), a non-profit organization, under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program. The project, titled "Electric Vehicle Carshare Viability: Assessing Business Models in US Cities for Resiliency, Equity and EV Charging Integration," will run from September 1, 2024 to March 26, 2025. The project aims to...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $2,296,542 Cooperative Agreement to Evgo Services LLC to develop low-cost tools for enabling third-party interoperability testing for electric vehicles (EVs) and electric vehicle service equipment (EVSE) with the ISO-15118 plug and charge standard. The project also aims to develop conformance testing to define current and future iterations of the standard to promote widespread interoperability and...
The federal Cooperative Agreement award DEEE0011132, entitled "REWIRED: RURAL ELECTRIC UTILITY WORKFLOW IMPROVEMENTS FOR RAPID EVSE DEPLOYMENT," is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086). This $2,294,576 project, awarded on June 1, 2024, aims to develop processes that minimize the soft costs of electric vehicle charging infrastructure installations to enable swifter...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to Rio Arriba County, New Mexico to install electric vehicle charging stations. The project, which will run from July 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025, aims to work with a company to establish a network of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the Española, NM area. This effort supports the program's broader...
This $17,059,329.00 Project Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) will fund the North Texas Equitable Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NTX-EEVI) project. The project aims to develop electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the North Central Texas region to support increased adoption of zero-emission vehicles. The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG), a regional planning agency, will serve as the...
This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), seeks to develop frameworks, metrics, and tools to quantify the resilience of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and potential mitigation strategies for the state of Colorado. The $1,296,937 award to Colorado State University will create an EV charging infrastructure resiliency plan for...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $6,250,214 Cooperative Agreement to Ricardo LLC on August 15, 2024 under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The funding supports the development of an innovative 3-in-1 inverter/on-board charger/auxiliary DC converter for electrified vehicle applications. The goal is to advance energy efficiency and decarbonization technologies in the transportation sector,...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $5,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Plug In America under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program. The objective of this 3-year award, effective August 1, 2024, is to reach approximately 5 million consumers with practical, brand-neutral information about electric vehicles (EVs), charging, and incentives. The campaign is designed to provide socially and culturally relevant...