Raleigh Slated to Receive $2.4 Million Grant for EV Charging

The City of Raleigh is slated to receive a $2.4 million federal grant to provide electric vehicle (EV) chargers across the city. The funding will expand public charging options and support electrification of the City's vehicle fleet.

The City of Raleigh has more than 2,000 vehicles. The U.S. Department of Transportation grant advances the City's plan to transition its fleet to electric or other clean fuels during the coming decade. It also accelerates the City's Community Climate Action Plan.

The grant and local matching funds will fund installation of six DC fast chargers, which can charge an EV in as little as 10 to 20 minutes. In addition, it will fund 22 Level 2 chargers, designed for all-day or overnight charging. Installation is planned to take place in late 2025 and 2026. The charging sites will be open to the public during business hours.

The City's vehicle fleet currently includes more than 50 EVs. The City also operates dozens of charging stations at City offices, operations facilities, and parks. (Several hundred more are privately owned but publicly accessible and available across Raleigh.)

Two-thirds of this funding will go to sites in designated communities based on factors including income and pollution exposure. More information on the City's EV work is available here.

Specific sites where the grant money is scheduled to be used include the following:

• Method Community Park
• Northeast Remote Operations Center, Burwell Street
• Green Road Park
• Central Operations Fuel Depot, Westinghouse Boulevard
• Future Poole Road paratransit facility (Level 2 chargers only)
• Barwell Road Park
• Pullen Park

Some of these sites already have EV chargers.

This collaborative effort is led by Fleet Management Operations and the Office of Sustainability.