NEVI Survived... But Do We Still Need It? | Coast-to-Coast EVs 49 with AP1/Jacob Espinoza

Many wrote off the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, even before a tumultuous period in which federal funds were paused for the first half of the year. Nonetheless, it survived the legislative onslaught, won key legal battles, and emerged delayed but unscathed.The last few months saw states getting approval for federal funding to deploy EV charging once again, including in locations that had previously declined to participate. But funding resumes at a time when privately-funded projects are driving a DCFC boom across the United States, often at the same locations that NEVI sought to fill when the first plans were drawn up four years ago.All of which prompts the overarching question: do we still need NEVI?The Coast-to-Coast EVs crew is joined by Jacob Espinoza, an experienced voice in EV infrastructure, especially in the desert southwest region covering Arizona,, Texas, and his home state of New Mexico.The quartet unpack the four corners of the country and everything in between to share which states are doing what, and how it's integrating with massive private sector projects from IONNA, Walmart Energy, Mercedes-Benz, the major truck stop chains, and many more.Related links from the discussion:Jacob's Ko-Fi - https://ko-fi.com/artiepenguin1Rivian Roamer Charger Report - https://rivianroamer.com/charging/reportWalter's Carolinas DCFC Construction Tour - https://youtu.be/dR4P7Pk72gY?si=Eax1SJFSaXdnGUwQSteve's multi-vendor Northeast to Midwest Tour - https://youtu.be/wsZomrANqCA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.