PennDOT announced on October 27th a $37 million investment to build more publicly accessible electric vehicle (EV) chargers in Montgomery and other counties as part of the Community Charging phase of the federal National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. This investment will result in 515 new public EV charging ports online in the Philadelphia region. Locally, new chargers will be added at Centre Square Commons in Blue Bell, Royal Farms in North Wales, and an on-street location in North Wales.
In Pennsylvania, the NEVI program has previously funded 54 stations that are currently operational, and another 34 stations are in various stages of planning and construction. The timing of the chargers becoming operational was not announced.
“The Shapiro Administration hit the ground running with EV funding and the results speak for themselves,” said PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll. “Under the Governor’s leadership, Delaware Valley residents and travelers will soon have access to more than 500 new EV chargers in their communities.
The entire list of locations receiving funded in Montgomemry County is listed below:
- Charging Infrastructure Holdings I LLC: $102,008 for six Level 2 charging ports at Blue Water Tower in Conshohocken
- Tesla, Inc.: $392,000 for eight DC fast charging ports at Wawa in Plymouth Meeting
- Trinacria Properties LLC: $59,860 for four Level 2 charging ports at Lower Merion Township Lot in Bryn Mawr
- Two Farms Inc: $1,342,874 for eight total DC fast charging ports at Royal Farms in Collegeville and North Wales
- Universal EV LLC: $800,456 for four DC fast charging ports at Astor Shopping Center in Norristown
- Voltpost, Inc.: $316,649 for 18 total on-street Level 2 charging ports in Norristown and North Wales
- Wawa, Inc.: $1,696,262 for 16 total DC fast charging ports at Wawa in Colmar and Horsham
- Xura Energy Holdings Partners LLC: $1,800,000 for 12 total DC fast charging ports at Upland Square in Pottstown and Centre Square Commons in Blue Bell
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