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Ohio to award EVgo $13M+ to deploy EV charging stations

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July 17, 2023

DriveOhio, a division of the Ohio Department of Transportation, has selected EVgo Inc., one of the nation's largest public fast charging networks for electric vehicles, and its eXtend partners for proposed awards of $13.8 million in funding to deploy 20 fast charging stations.

Fourteen of the 20 locations are owned by EVgo eXtend partner Pilot Co., and all EVgo and EVgo eXtend stations deployed through these awards will feature 350-kilowatt charging.

Of the more than $18 million awarded by DriveOhio in its first tranche of National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program funds to be released, EVgo and its eXtend partners received more than 75%.

Over the next five years, DriveOhio will release over $100 million in NEVI funds to further support EV charging infrastructure deployment across the state.