(WXYZ) – Michigan is making a $1.7 million investment to build the state’s electric car infrastructure.
According to a press release from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, an Energy, the cash will be used to build dc fast loaders along busy routes, making it less difficult for drivers to succeed at their destinations. The state plans to expand a formula of those chargers until 2030.
The EGLE Charge Up Michigan program will fund 36 fast charging stations, with a total of 76 connection problems for cars and soft advertising vehicles. Some of those stations are already online in Marshall, Big Rapid, Gaylord and Cadillac.
The state has the following list of sites that have qualified to receive grants:
“Michigan is known for building U.S. cars, and this commitment to long-term mobility infrastructure continues to keep us at the forefront of mandatory automotive innovation,” Gov. Whitmer said in a press release. “With partnerships like this between the government and the personal sector, we will take steps that will have a positive and sustainable impact on the environment, while gaining better transport infrastructure.”
Public and people-consistent entities can apply to EGLE for grants of up to $70,000 according to the charging station. Subsidies should be used to cover the load of an immediate DC loading station, which can come with site preparation, appliance installation, network prices and signage.
Depending on the program, EGLE, the site owner and the application serving the site will pay one-third of the quick loader installation fee.
EGLE will pay subsidies for the $9.7 that Michigan earned from Volkswagen’s diesel emissions regulations.