Proposal would require chargers funded through last year’s infrastructure law to support DC fast charging via standard CCS connectors.
The almost $5 billion that last year’s infrastructure law provided to upgrade electric-vehicle charging will come with a set of system requirements for stations built with that money, starting with support for the Combined Charging System (CCS) connector in most non-Tesla vehicles and for DC fast-charging speeds. The Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration announced the proposal Thursday and published an 82-page Notice of Proposed Rulemaking detailing these standards. In addition to requiring CCS and DC fast charging (at least 150kW), these stations must be able to accommodate at least four EVs at a time and provide data feeds about availability and rates in standard formats open to third-party apps.
