The Weekly EV Charging Briefing.

Colorado Regulates Public Chargers Like Gas Pumps, ChargePoint and Onvo Bring Ultra-Fast Charging to 12 Northeast Travel Plazas, and Pilot Crosses 300 Fast-Charging Locations

Colorado's new retail EV charging regulations took effect July 1: public chargers that bill by the kilowatt-hour must now display price and energy delivered and register with the state, the same oversight category as gas pumps, with enforcement starting July 1, 2027. ChargePoint and travel plaza operator Onvo announced a partnership on July 13 to bring 500 kW Express Plus chargers to 12 sites along Pennsylvania and New York highways. In the same week, Pilot Travel Centers crossed 300 DC fast-charging locations and GM-backed Ionna crossed 120, both milestones in the highway travel-center charging buildout. And new Q2 data shows US EV sales stabilizing, up 14.7% from Q1 but still down 20.5% from a year earlier.

Illinois Opens a $30 Million NEVI Round, JCP&L's Charger Incentives Close July 15, WattEV Opens Its Seventh Truck Depot, and DC Metro Breaks Ground on Bus Chargers

Illinois opened a fourth NEVI funding round on July 8: $30 million with a streamlined, photo-and-map application due July 20. JCP&L's EV Driven program, which covers up to $7,000 in combined make-ready costs for a home Level 2 charger, closes July 15, two days after this issue. WattEV opened its seventh California heavy-duty truck charging depot in Fresno on June 30, adding Tesla Megawatt Charging System hardware to its freight corridor network. Alexandria, Virginia's DASH transit agency broke ground on the DC region's first en-route bus chargers, 360 kW pantograph units that recharge buses in five to twenty minutes without pulling them from service. And starting July 31, every Lucid Air gains access to more than 23,500 Tesla Superchargers through a $220 adapter.

30C's First Week Gone, New Jersey Relaunches Its EV Incentives at $30 Million, Wisconsin Opens a $40 Million NEVI Round, and Walmart Crosses 600 Charging Stalls

Section 30C has been gone for a week with no extension and no grace period. New Jersey used its July 1 fiscal year turnover to relaunch Charge Up New Jersey, its MUD charging incentive, and its Clean Fleet program at $30 million for FY27. Wisconsin DOT opened a $40 million NEVI round on July 24, targeting corridors beyond its completed highway network. Seattle City Light's Multifamily EV Charging Program closes July 9, three days from this issue. And Walmart's in-house DC fast-charging network passed 600 stalls across 17 states at the end of June.

30C Expires Tomorrow, Michigan Opens $51M NEVI Round, Electrify America's 1.9 MW Battery Hub, and Charging Hardware Hits 1,000 kW

Section 30C expires tomorrow, June 30, with no extension from Congress: the federal EV charger credit is finished. Michigan has $51 million in NEVI formula funds open for proposals through August 7, the most concrete post-30C opportunity available right now. On June 17, Electrify America opened a 20-charger station in Santa Barbara backed by a 1.9 megawatt-hour battery, its largest public battery deployment at a charging site. And Alpitronic announced June 22 that its HYC1000 dispenser now delivers 1,000 kW through a single connector, the first dispenser to cross that threshold.

8 Days Until 30C Expires, the US Hits 250,000 Public Charging Ports, Rivian Joins the Grid-Savings Pool, and a Startup Truck Charges at 400 kW

Section 30C has 8 days left; no new project can make the deadline, and any installation already underway needs to be operational and documented by June 30. The US public charging network crossed 250,000 ports this week per AFDC data, adding roughly 50,000 ports since the March milestone. On June 16, Rivian announced it is joining ChargeScape's utility-managed charging platform, letting owners enroll in off-peak programs that shift home charging away from peak demand windows for bill savings. And on June 19, startup Telo confirmed its compact MT1 electric truck will charge at 400 kW sustained using a dual split-pack architecture that avoids the performance penalty most 800V EVs face on 400V chargers.