Frequently Asked Questions

• Range Anxiety: Strategically placed along highway corridors, ensuring you're never stranded.
• Price Transparency: See the cost per kWh upfront on your screen or phone.
• Accessibility: All sites are ADA-compliant with easy physical access for all drivers.

Following FHWA's updated NEVI Guidance, issued in August 2025, ODOT is working to ensure that NEVI-funded EV charging stations are spaced at appropriate distances along Alternative Fuel Corridors, enabling reasonable travel and certainty that charging will be available when necessary.

Once the FHWA Oklahoma Division Office certifies that all Alternative Fuel Corridors (AFCs) for electric vehicles in Oklahoma are fully built out, funds can then be used for EV charging infrastructure on any public road or other publicly accessible location, including regional and local routes of significance, destination charging locations, and freight charging locations.

Examples might include public parking facilities, parking at public buildings, public transportation stations, park-and-rides, public schools, public parks, private parking facilities available for public use, visitor centers, and other public locations on Federal Lands.

NEVI stations share real-time data with your car’s navigation and apps such as Google Maps, showing exactly how many ports are open and the current price before you arrive.

• High-Speed Power: Every site features at least four 150 kW chargers that can power up most EVs in about 20 minutes, even when all ports are in use.
• Universal Plugs: Stations support the standard CCS plug, and many now include the NACS (Tesla) connector, ensuring almost any EV can charge.
• Guaranteed Reliability: Operators must maintain 97% uptime, so you can trust the charger will work when you arrive.
• Easy Payment: No memberships or apps required—just tap your credit or debit card and go.
• Convenient Locations: Available 24/7 and located within one mile of major highways.

The chargers will be available to the traveling public, 24 hours per day and 7 days per week, at publicly accessible locations.

Wait times to use a charger will vary widely from low-demand sites, where there are no wait times, to high-demand sites, where there may be several cars waiting to charge for around 20-30 minutes.

According to industry standards, when using 150 kW chargers, drivers can typically charge electric vehicles up to 80% battery capacity in 30 minutes or less.

Charge times can vary based on the size of the battery, the level of depletion, and the actual vehicle software that governs how much energy the car can take.

Oklahoma has successfully nominated several highway and turnpike corridors as Alternative Fuel Corridors. FHWA has designated Alternative Fuel Corridors to support the installation of EV charging, hydrogen, propane, and natural gas fueling infrastructure at strategic locations along major national highways.

NEVI provides Oklahoma with more than $59 million in federal funding for EV charging infrastructure. Federal funds must be matched with state, local, and/or private funding.

Oklahoma was allocated $59 million through the NEVI program to create an EV charging network across the state. Oklahoma has already been awarded $8.8 million to fill in gaps along parts of I-35, I-40, and I-44.

Oklahoma plans to use the remaining $50 million on three focus areas: remaining Alternative Fuel Corridors (AFCs), community charging (non-AFCs), and administrative oversight.

Through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program, Oklahoma is deploying high‑power DC fast‑charging stations along key corridors, including I-35, I‑40, I‑44, and other designated Alternative Fuel Corridors.

Each site must meet federal standards for uptime, power levels, interoperability, cybersecurity, and accessibility. Contractors involved in site development, electrical work, civil construction, networking, and long‑term maintenance will play a central role in delivering these requirements.

This program emphasizes consistent charger performance, reliable grid integration, and adherence to Buy America provisions. Contractors should be prepared to coordinate with utilities, manage permitting processes, and ensure ADA‑compliant site design.

Oklahoma’s approach prioritizes efficient project delivery, durable installations, and long‑term serviceability.

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) will not own or install any of the charging stations, but will instead enter public/private partnerships to build and maintain charging infrastructure. Just like gas stations, chargers will be privately owned and operated.

Chargers and associated infrastructure will be installed and maintained by Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program (EVITP) certified electricians.

ODOT will have the tools to monitor the systems to ensure operability.

Charging stations are required to be publicly accessible to the traveling public 24 hours per day, seven days a week.

While no amenities must be provided, ODOT awards evaluation points to proposals that include and maximize on-site amenities or those that are accessible within safe walking proximity of project locations.

The Federal NEVI program requires Combined Charging System (CCS) chargers with at least 150 kW capability. Other chargers can be built at the sites, but only the CCS ports are currently NEVI-approved.

While ODOT is fully committed to serving the widest range of EV drivers today and throughout the future as the EV market evolves, the agency chose not to require NACS ports. ODOT included proposal evaluation criteria to consider NACS connectors as part of "Future Proofing" elements of NEVI-funded charging station proposals, and as such, will evaluate proposals more highly if they include NACS ports in their design.

The Federal NEVI program requires that charging stations with at least 4x150 kW+ CCS ports be installed at reasonable distances along federally designated Alternative Fuel Corridors.

After those corridors are certified as “Fully Built Out” by FHWA Oklahoma Division Office, ODOT is able to use the remaining federal funds to install charging infrastructure elsewhere in the state, including state highways and local roads.

Each charging station site is required to contain at least four 150 kW CCS fast chargers totaling a minimum of 600 kW of power per site.

Each site will be privately owned and maintained.

ODOT uses a competitive procurement program that requests applications from interested EVSE (electric vehicle supply equipment) companies, site hosts, and private parties. 

ODOT selects and awards NEVI Formula program funding to chosen entities to install, own, and operate EVSE charging stations in compliance with all federal and state laws and agency rules. 

ODOT considers covering 80% of initial project costs through federal allocation but requires a minimum 20% funding match from vendors or site hosts. This program requires coordination between EVSE vendors and local property owners, ensuring contractors engage communities where NEVI-funded EV charging stations will ultimately be installed, operated, and maintained.

Please contact the project team at EVOK@odot.org or (405) 534-0739 with questions/comments or for additional information.

Now that EVOK's Round 2 RFP has been released, proposers must create an OGX account on ogx.ok.gov.

Click/tap “Agency Administrator Registration” to launch the “New User Registration” form.

Once enrolled, proposers can then search and complete the Round 2 proposal packet.