Holicong Park in Buckingham Township is getting four public electric vehicle charging ports. Doylestown streets will also see new curbside chargers under a $37 million state investment announced Wednesday, Oct. 28.

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Mike Carroll said the funding will bring 515 new public EV charging ports to southeastern Pennsylvania, including 53 to Bucks County, according to Doylestown Patch. The money comes from the Community Charging phase of the federal National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program.

Buckingham Township received $110,820 for four Level 2 charging ports at Holicong Park.

Separately, Voltpost, Inc. received $423,050 for 11 on-street Level 2 charging ports split between Doylestown and New Hope. The company retrofits existing lampposts into EV chargers, according to its website. Voltpost says its chargers deliver up to 9.6 kilowatts per port, enough for roughly 25 to 30 miles of range per hour of charging.

The awards do not specify which Doylestown streets will get the chargers or how the 11 ports will be divided between the two boroughs.

Other Bucks County projects

Five other projects round out the county's share:

  • Charge Smart EV, Quakertown: $820,591 for four DC fast charging ports at Country Square Shopping Center
  • EVgo Services: $907,955 for 12 DC fast charging ports at Warminster Town Center
  • Regis Assets LLC, Bensalem: $1,000,000 for eight DC fast charging ports at Marketplace at Neshaminy
  • Wawa, Bensalem: $848,131 for eight DC fast charging ports
  • Xura Energy Holdings Partners LLC, Langhorne: $900,000 for six DC fast charging ports at Lincoln Plaza

The $37 million covers chargers across Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, as PennWatch reported. The Shapiro administration has directed more than $100 million total in federal funding toward public EV charging in Pennsylvania through multiple NEVI rounds, according to PennDOT.

Ariella Maron, executive director of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC), said the awards will help reduce range anxiety for current EV owners and make EV ownership possible for others, according to Patch.

Since Pennsylvania's first NEVI-funded station opened in December 2023, the program has supported more than 183,000 charging sessions statewide, PennDOT said.

No timeline has been set.