Massachusetts - National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Grant Program

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (DOT) will follow a two-stage approach for the deployment of NEVI funding. Funds will first be used to eliminate any gaps in the state's EV AFC network and will then be used to focus on network zones where there are the most demand or high-priority zones with the highest share of environmental justice communities. NEVI funding will help construct about 851 miles of EV charging corridors. NEVI funding will also complete the implementation of a program to support an electric "vehicles for hire" fleet and for developing a municipal building code requiring make-ready charging in all new commercial and residential buildings. MassDOT is in the process of transitioning its NEVI plan from planning to the implementation stage, which includes contracting with a private entity to handle the deployment of said plan. In early October 2023, the agency sent a letter to the Federal Highway Administration indicating their transition to the implementation stage and that they do not anticipate making significant changes to the plan soon, and issued its updated plan per NEVI procedures. The Massachusetts DOT then issued an RFP in December 2023, and began deploying developer agreements in May 2024. On January 16, 2025, the Massachusetts DOT published its FY2025 update for its deployment plan, detailing that the state will need 24 new charging stations to reach "Fully Built Out" status, and zero stations have been built as of August 2024. Massachusetts DOT published its FY2026 update on August 20, 2025, which includes a list of 37 EV charging locations, with four to six ports each, totalling 150 ports.