Bradford home to first federally funded EV charging station in Vermont [Video]

Tuesday officially marks the opening of the first federally funded charging infrastructure in Vermont under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program, or NEVI. Bradford is the first site out of many planned ones in Vermont. The state will receive $21.2 million during a five-year period for the buildout. The Green Mountain State is the sixth state in the nation to have chargers installed under the program.“The NEVI program and the bipartisan infrastructure law is bringing $21 million to the Agency of Transportation for the buildout of these type of heavy chargers,” said Secretary Joe Flynn, of the VT Agency of Transportation. “And so this is really the beginning of the fast charging network.”Located in Bradford’s Denny Park on Main Street, the four new chargers can simultaneously charge 180 kilowatts per hour, which will get drivers back on the roads efficiently.The new stations complement two existing fast chargers and a single …