The Weekly EV Charging Briefing.

IIJA Funding Hits a September 30 Cliff, Pennsylvania Opens $11 Million More in NEVI Money, Tennessee Launches a Multifamily Charging Rebate, and EVgo Adds 400+ Chargers at Grocery Stores

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act's program authorizations, including the funding structure behind NEVI and the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure program, expire September 30 without new legislation from Congress. FY2026 appropriations already rescinded roughly $879 million from NEVI, and lawmakers are expected to pass a short-term extension while negotiations on a longer-term transportation bill continue. PennDOT released the funding notice for its Central Region NEVI Community Charging round on September 8, the third of four planned regional rounds, making $11 million available across 26 central Pennsylvania counties. Tennessee's Department of Environment and Conservation launched a new $650,000 Multifamily Housing Rebate Program for Level 2 EV charging on September 8. And EVgo and Regency Centers announced on September 9 an expanded partnership to add more than 400 fast-charging stalls at grocery-anchored retail centers nationwide.

Pennsylvania Opens a $25 Million NEVI Round, California Launches Up to $20,300 in Rideshare EV Incentives, and ChargePoint Stock Jumps 70% on a Revenue Beat

Pennsylvania's NEVI Community Charging Round 2 for the Western Region opens its eGrants proposal portal on September 8 for $25 million in federal charging funding, part of the state's four-round, $100 million buildout. California's Drivers Assistance Program, approved by the CPUC in July, opens applications this month with up to $20,300 toward a new zero-emission vehicle, $14,200 for a used one, and $1,170 a year toward charging costs for eligible rideshare drivers. ChargePoint's stock jumped as much as 70% on September 3 after second-quarter revenue of $116 million beat guidance with record gross margins, while EVgo posted $83 million in quarterly revenue and Blink Charging cut its full-year guidance by roughly $25 million after divesting its Envoy Technologies subsidiary. And Zum began deploying the first of 104 bidirectional electric school buses for San Francisco Unified School District on September 3, the largest vehicle-to-grid school bus fleet in the country.

Minnesota Opens a $41 Million NEVI Round, Schneider Launches a Load-Managing Home Charger, and Hyundai Owners Get 20% Off IONNA Charging

Minnesota opened its NEVI Round 3a RFP on August 26 with up to $41.18 million available across 74 potential charging clusters, proposals due November 2, while Kansas closed its own NEVI RFP round on August 28 against a total five-year federal allocation of $39.5 million, two more states moving formula money now that the 30C charger credit is gone. Schneider Electric launched Schneider Charge on August 25, an 11.5 kW Level 2 home charger with built-in dynamic load management that the company says can let many homeowners skip a panel or service upgrade that would otherwise cost thousands. Driivz, a Vontier company, announced on August 25 that it has integrated WEX fleet payment cards and its DriverDash app into its charging network software, letting fleet drivers charge at Driivz-managed stations without a separate account, with the first live integration at a heavy-duty electrification hub in California. Hyundai and Genesis EV owners got an automatic 10% discount at every US IONNA fast-charging station starting August 19, with a bonus 10% on top through September 30 for a temporary 20% total. And bp pulse's US network joined the ChargeHub app on August 24, the second charging network in as many weeks to fold into a third-party aggregator rather than push its own app.

New Hampshire Closes a $17 Million NEVI Round, Denver Deploys a 650 kW School Bus Charging Hub, and a New App Maps 211,000 Chargers in One Place

New Hampshire's NEVI Round II closed August 21 with proposals for a share of the state's roughly $17 million federal charging allocation, one more state-level deadline moving federal dollars now that the 30C charger credit is gone. Denver Public Schools switched on a new 650 kW charging hub at its Hilltop bus terminal on August 19, using Kempower's dynamically shared dispensers to charge its newly expanded 28-bus electric fleet, the largest in Colorado, without a bigger utility service upgrade. Octopus Energy launched Octopus Charge on August 20, a free app that maps more than 211,000 chargers across eleven US and Canadian networks, including ChargePoint, EVgo, Blink, and bp pulse, without marking up the per-kWh price. Blink Charging launched EnergyConnect on August 18, an AI-driven load-balancing system meant to let site hosts add more chargers within their existing electrical service instead of paying for a panel or transformer upgrade. And GRID Alternatives and the Smart Electric Power Alliance published a new Utility Playbook on August 18 aimed at closing the 'renter's penalty,' the gap where charging at public or multifamily stations can cost two to six times more than charging at a single-family home.

Michigan and New York Move $86 Million in Charger Funding, GM Puts Native NACS on Every 2027 EV, and EVgo Opens a Flagship Hub Near Detroit

Michigan's third NEVI funding round closed August 7 with $51 million available under new flexibility rules earned by hitting 'fully built out' status, while New York opened a separate $35 million Charge Ready NY program on August 14 for public sector entities to install Level 2 chargers, with proposals due October 20. General Motors said on August 13 that every 2027 Chevrolet, Cadillac, and GMC EV will ship with a native NACS charging port instead of CCS1, ending the need for an adapter at Tesla Superchargers. EVgo and GM opened a 12-stall, 350 kW flagship fast-charging hub at a Meijer store in Warren, Michigan on August 11, part of a nationwide flagship program that already has more than 40 stalls open. Separately, Pilot, GM, and EVgo announced their travel-center charging network has passed 300 locations and 1,300 stalls across 40 states. And Tesla switched on vehicle-to-load for all Model Y Premium trims on August 15, letting owners power outlets from the car's battery with an $80 adapter.