Seattle startup Electric Era lands $5.1M in U.S. grants to install freeway chargers in Washington

Seattle startup Electric Era landed $5.05 million in National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program funding to install six charging stations along interstates and highways in Washington state. The company builds DC fast-charging systems that include giant batteries to help deliver and store power.

• Washington Department of Transportation awarded the funding, which totaled $12.16 million and will pay for chargers in 13 locations. Other recipients include the utility consortium Energy Northwest, EV Gateway, Tesla and EVgo.
• The Trump administration in January halted NEVI funding, which was appropriated by Congress in 2021 to build out EV charging along the nation’s major highways. Washington and others sued, and a federal judge ruled on Monday that the dollars had been illegally withheld.
• Electric Era previously received funding from Washington state’s Climate Commitment Act to install public chargers.

Editor’s note: Story updated to correct the amount of funding awarded to Electric Era. The original post was inaccurate due to an error on the state’s website.