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Ride and Drive Electric · Joint Office of Energy and Transportation Ride and Drive Electric Funding Awards Office: Joint Office of Energy and Transportation FOA Number: DE-FOA-0002881 In 2024, the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (Joint Office), through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), awarded $46.
5 million in new federal funding for projects to improve performance, reliability, and efficiency of electric vehicle (EV) charging while strengthening the EV workforce. The funding was administered by the Joint Office through DOE’s Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI). Topics in the Joint Office’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 funding opportunity included: Enhancing EV Charging Efficiency.
Opportunity in Electrification. Improving EV Charging Performance and Reliability. Read the Joint Office’s FY 2023 Ride and Drive Electric FOA.
Topic 1 – Enhancing EV Charging Efficiency Enhancing EV Charging Efficiency Total awarded: $11,008,479 Funds are being leveraged to establish teams across the United States to develop plans and strategies to ensure continuity of operations and services of EV charging infrastructure.
Plans developed in these projects support ongoing federal funding for EV charging and transportation electrification, such as the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program.
Topic 2 – Opportunity in Electrification 2a – Community-Driven Models for Electric Vehicle Charging Deployment Total awarded: $12,286,965 Funds contribute to projects that assess, develop, and/or test business models that integrate EV and/or charger deployment in ways that deliver mobility, economic, and other benefits.
2b – Workforce Development Total awarded: $9,940,375 Funds support a highly skilled workforce within the electrified transportation industry that furthers the deployment and maintenance of EV charging equipment. These funds are helping expand opportunity for career-track training and employment through preapprenticeships, industry placement, occupational training programs, and more.
Topic 3 – Improving EV Charging Performance and Reliability 3a – Increasing Commercial Capacity for Testing and Certification of High-Power Electric Vehicle Chargers Total awarded: $9,327,753 Topic 3a projects are increasing industrial capacity, competition, redundancy, and broad access to validation testing and certification for direct current fast chargers with rated power capacity between 150 kW and 1 MW.
3b – Validating Public EV Charging Infrastructure Real-World Performance and Reliability Total awarded: $3,934,628 The Topic 3b project is establishing a team to create a national baseline for the state of EV charging focused on user experience. The funds also employ potential EV workforce individuals to receive training and complete assessments on the current EV infrastructure.
This work is creating a training program for state departments of transportation to be used nationwide. Freight Corridor Strategy Community Charging Emerging Practices
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Teams across the United States, including those focused on developing plans and strategies for EV charging infrastructure, assessing and developing business models for EV and charger deployment, and supporting the workf…. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
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