The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) has provided $1.7 million in subsidies for DC fast chargers along the busiest routes, making it less difficult for Michigan drivers to succeed in their destinations.
EGLE Charge Up Michigan grants will fund 36 EV DC fast charging stations with a total of 76 connection problems for cars and soft advertising vehicles. Charging stations in Marshall, Big Rapids, Gaylord and Cadillac were recently brought online; more will be operational by the end of this year.
“These grants demonstrate the commitment of EGLE, corporations, and utilities in Michigan to expand the availability of electric vehicle chargers across the state and facilitate the adoption of electric cars through Michigan drivers,” said Liesl Clark, EGLE’s director.
“This is a vital step toward long-term electrified transportation that will keep Michigan at the forefront of complex mobility and write some other bankruptcy in the history of innovation in the transportation industry,” Clark adds.
Public or sonal-consistent entities may apply for EGLE grants of up to $70,000 according to the charging station. The funds should be used to cover the load of an immediate DC charging station, adding site preparation, appliance installation, network prices and signage. According to the program, EGLE, the owner of the host site and the application serving the site, will each pay about one-third of the installation fee of the CC Fast Charger, the fastest of the 3 functions to charge a vehicle’s battery. EGLE grants come from the more than $9.7 million allocated to Michigan under Volkswagen’s diesel emissions regulations.
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Office of Mobility and Future Electrification (OFME) created through Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to address the demanding situations and opportunities that accompany the long-term mobility. OFME’s vision is a more powerful state economy and safer, fairer and greener transportation for Michigan residents. The workplace will launch systems and policy projects that will increase investment in auton employs and electric cars and job creation in Michigan.
In the past, EGLE has allocated $4.2 million from the fuel processing program to pay up to 70% of prices related to the acquisition of 17 zero-emission buses, as well as Tier 2 and CC immediate charging stations in seven school districts.
Grants of up to $70,000 must still be obtained according to the location of the charging station and programs must be shipped online.
The total amount awarded through EGLE to 24 beneficiaries is $1,683,297.84.