The trick being played here is counting all charging stations in the US and pretending they're part of the IRA's funding.
> As of July 2024, eight states had opened their first NEVI-funded stations, totaling 61 ports, and powered thousands of charging sessions.
As of FY 2024, $2.385 billion had been allocated from the funding. For 61 ports across 4 (four) charging locations. $39M PER PORT.
This, per NEVI's own numbers: https://driveelectric.gov/files/nevi-annual-report-2023-2024...
I would sure like to see a breakdown in how that 2.3B was spent.
in accounting rules, it's spent money. the notes say that 61 ports have been built from that allocated money.
like I said, I would love to see the cost breakdown. is all that allocated money spent? are some projects still being constructed? three years seems like a long time to get 61 ports when you allocated $2B.
My guess would be that the money is also allocated for an X amount of sites / charging ports still in progress. Or do they only allocate the money after the site is fully operational?
If that's the case, I think saying '2B spent for 61 ports' is disingenuous at best.
From what I can tell from the newsletter I get from a big European charging infrastructure provider the lead time of a new charging location tends to be 1 - 2 years depending on the specific location.
While I do agree these numbers are disingenuous, looking at politics I definitely see the next administration counting the chargers that will come up past January 2025 to their win list. Oh well, I guess that's politics.