EVwire brief: Texas is adding 321 electric vehicle charging stations under Phase II of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program.
Phase II is backed by $226 million in federal funds that the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has awarded. Of those stations, 264 will be located in metropolitan planning organization areas and 57 in county seats.
Phase I is already partly open. Twenty-two stations are running along Texas highways, with five more expected by the end of 2026 and another 30 planned to open in 2027.
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TxDOT Data Management Director Michael Chamberlain said the new stations are meant to keep pace with demand:
“The number of alternatively fueled vehicles on our roads continues to rise. The demand for charging stations has never been higher, and these new stations will help strengthen TxDOT’s effort to keep pace.”
Chamberlain recently traveled more than 2,000 miles across Texas to inspect newly opened stations in Wichita Falls, Mount Pleasant, Van, Selma, Natalia, Encinal, Three Rivers and Kerrville. He also visited stations under construction in Corsicana and Mission.
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Demand is the backdrop for the rollout. TxDOT reported 456,667 electric vehicles registered in Texas in February, a figure that has since climbed to 532,282. Private operators are adding capacity too. Electric Son opened a Tesla Supercharger in Houston in September, and founder Matt Simpson told EVwire he believes it is the first independently owned Supercharger in the city.
Electric trucks are adding their own load on Texas roads. Google, Nevoya and the Center for Green Market Activation are deploying 25 electric semi trucks on the Houston-Dallas freight corridor, part of a 63-truck project.
Source: TxDOT newsroom
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