Energizing The Nation's First NEVI Site! Ohio's Electric Journey & Secrets To Success

Join Francie on today's episode as she sits down with Preeti Choudhary the Executive Director of Drive Ohio and Breanna Badanes the Managing Director of Communications and Policy at DriveOhio to speak to their strategy, accomplishments, goals, and lessons learned after getting the nation's first NEVI funded EV charging site live outside of Columbus OH at a Pilot Travel Center! Francie, Preeti, and Breanna discuss their framework for getting Ohio's NEVI plan written and approved, how they chose their charging and hardware partners, what they'd like to see different with the program, what they think has worked best for their team, and what's coming next down the line for their state and electric vehicle charging! We would really appreciate it if you subscribe to our channel! The more subscribers we have, the more EV news coverage, great interviews, and awesome opportunities we will be able to bring to you all! Shoutout to our sponsors for more information find their links below: - Star Charge: https://www.starcharge.com/charging?id=20 - Kempower: https://kempower.com/america/charging-solutions/ Find us on all of these places: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/outofspecpodcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-spec-podcast/id1576636119 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tKIQfKL9oaHc1DLOTWvbd Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/473692b9-05b9-41f9-9b38-9f86fbdabee7/OUT-OF-SPEC-PODCAST For further inquiries please email podcast@outofspecstudios.com 00:00 Hello and Welcome Back 00:30 Guest Introduction Preeti Choudary and Breanna Badanes 02:00 What Is DriveOhio 04:00 DriveOhio Priorities 07:00 DriveOhio's NEVI Framework For Success 09:10 Building Ohio's NEVI Plan 13:15 Keys To NEVI Plan Approval 15:10 Community and Communication 17:20 Reliability For Ohio's EV Charging 20:15 Hardware and Charging Partner Choices 22:10 L2, Workplace, and DCFC 23:40 NEVI 4 Stall Site Minimum 26:00 How Did They Get The Site Live So Fast? 29:00 Lessons Learned 33:30 Interstate Collaboration 35:55 Future Plans For Ohio EV Charging 37:50 Motivations 39:30 Conclusions #evcharging #electricvehiclecharging #ohio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.