New Mexico CFI Awards Provide Coverage in a Variety of Areas

The Biden-Harris Administration awarded $67.7 Million, to New Mexico for the purpose of deploying chargers in local communities and along major travel corridors while promoting American jobs and leadership in electric vehicle (EV) charging. An investment of more than 10% of the total funding available.

The Town of Taos, Santa Fe County, and the New Mexico Department of Transportation will install over forty EV chargers statewide and two EV charging centers for medium and heavy-duty commercial EVs traveling along I-10.

Project Selections Breakdown: The New Mexico Department of Transportation will receive $63.8 million to build two EV charging centers for medium and heavy-duty commercial electric vehicles traveling along Interstate 10. Each center will have nine pull-through stalls and will serve as crucial links along the I-10 Electric Corridor, the nation’s first network of high-powered charging centers for heavy-duty trucks from San Pedro ports in southern California to El Paso, Texas. TeraWatt Infrastructure, a company powering electrified fleets with the most reliable network of charging solutions was competitively selected by NMDOT to design, build, operate, and own the two I-10 electric corridor charging centers. The County of Santa Fe will receive $3.3 million to build an EV charging network of 33 fast chargers and Level 2 charging stations at 13 sites encompassing underserved communities, multi-family affordable housing and county transportation hubs. The Town of Taos will receive $500,000 to install the first six publicly available fast EV chargers in the parking lots of three community buildings. One of the selected locations is the Taos Visitor Center, which serves the Taos Pueblo, designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and a National Historic Landmark.