Governor Andy Beshear announced additional funding for electric vehicle charging locations across the commonwealth, and area communities are among the sites.
The governor discussed the grant funding during his Team Kentucky update Thursday.
“Today’s awards represent an $11.8 million investment through a federal program known as the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program,” Beshear said. “In total, we’ve now awarded $27 million of grants through this program.”
The governor’s office says the chosen sites are selected from identified zones along Kentucky interstates and parkways that have been designated as alternative fuel corridors.
“Throughout Kentucky, we’re going to have access to at least 42 reliable and convenient places to charge vehicles that are located every 50 miles along our interstates and our parkways,” Beshear said.
Among the locations in the third round of funding are the Love’s Travel Stop along the Western Kentucky Parkway in Elizabethtown and the Americas Inn along the Bluegrass Parkway in Bardstown. The program requires that each charging station have at least four charging ports of 150 kilowatts each, be accessible to the public 24/7, and work with most EV models.
More information on the EV grant program can be found at evcharging.ky.gov.
