TULSA, OKLAHOMA, UNITED STATES, October 5, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — Francis Energy, proprietor and operator of the fourth-largest electrical automobile (EV) fast-charging community in the nation, was awarded $5.2M in Nationwide Electrical Automobile Infrastructure (NEVI) Method Program funds by the Kentucky Transportation Cupboard (KYTC) to broaden its EV charging station community to six of the Commonwealth’s precedence places. Francis will construct and handle stations in the cities of Dawson Springs, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, Mayfield, Nortonville, and Somerset.
“As the largest awardee of NEVI tasks in the Commonwealth, we take this long-term obligation to present market-leading, dependable EV charging stations very critically.” stated Francis Founder and CEO, David Jankowsky. “We glance ahead to working with KYTC to ship reasonably priced, handy entry to EV charging in Kentucky, guaranteeing that rural and underserved communities should not left behind.”
Kentucky acquired approval from the Federal Freeway Administration in 2022 to implement its Kentucky EV Infrastructure Deployment Plan as a component of the federal authorities’s NEVI Method Program. This funding vastly will increase EV drivers’ accessibility to rural and distant areas, fosters expanded financial improvement alternatives for native companies and promotes tourism in Kentucky.
About Francis Energy
Headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Francis Energy constructed out the nation’s first complete statewide fast-charging EV community in Oklahoma. With greater than 150 places throughout Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, New Mexico, Alabama, Ohio, and Arkansas — Francis designs, operates, and maintains a cohesive EV fast-charging system, and plans to broaden over the subsequent 12 months into greater than 30 states. Whereas the overwhelming majority of states haven’t but launched NEVI funding, Francis, to-date, has been awarded first-round NEVI tasks in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Kentucky.
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