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What Is ChargeWest?

ChargeWestTM is an EV corridor collaborative across eight states in the Intermountain West region. We are committed to improving Electric Corridors throughout rural gateway communities, state and national parks, and scenic byways. The states involved are Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

OUR MISSION: The entire Intermountain West Region will benefit from the ChargeWest project, which aims to support consumer education, stakeholder engagement, and rural infrastructure development of electric vehicle charging from the expansion of Alternative Fuel Corridors.

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What We Do

Education Outreach

AFDC EV Tool the applications to encourage consumer awareness around EV adoption, expansion and conversion.

Stakeholder Engagement

Remove barriers investment to enable private & public station development.

Infrastructure Development

Develop EV infrastructure planning and solutions to nominate and complete state and regional Alternative Fuel Corridors.

Intermountain West State Partners

Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

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Arizona

Assisting AZ State officials in EV Infrastructure planning along AZ’s roadways.

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Colorado
Assisting site hosts to apply for funding, connect with industry experts (installers, charging OEMs, etc), and celebrate the openings of EV charging stations across Colorado.
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Idaho

Proudly supporting advancing affordable alternative fuels throughout the Intermountain West.

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Montana
Engaging stakeholders, providing data, and coordinating activities to help support EV infrastructure investment in rural communities along key corridors in the Intermountain West.
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Nevada

Our involvement with the ChargeWest™ serves as part of our effort to reduce GHG and build cohesive alternative fuel corridors in the intermountain west. Working as partners within the group we sharing projects ideas, and funding opportunities and best practice lessons along the way.

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New Mexico

Developing corridors along state and federal highways in rural New Mexico; assisting with the branding effort associated with EV corridors throughout the state; promoting education related to EVs and EV charging infrastructure through webinars and stakeholder meetings (funding, access, etc.); working to convert state fleets; obtaining stakeholder feedback on EV issues in the state; working on policies that encourage further EV adoption including utility EV transportation plan and the NM Clean Fuel Standard; identifying EV capacity within rural New Mexico.

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Utah

The Utah Clean Cities Coalition exists to support organizations and fleets in their effort to contribute to clean air by reducing vehicle emissions.  UCC helps organizations and fleets with notifications and access to program grants, strategic planning tools, even and campaign partnerships, school curriculum materials and incentives.

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Wyoming
WYDOT is the pass-through agency for NEVI funding and other EV-related grants in Wyoming. WYDOT is a founding member of the Wyoming Zero Emission Vehicle Working Group which is in charge of strategizing ways to maximize use of available ZEV-related funding by communities and businesses.

ChargeWest TM Partners

Intermountain West State Partners

Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

ChargeWest Partners

ChargeWest History

REV West
In October 2017, the Governors of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming signed a MOU to establish a Regional Electric Vehicle Plan for the West (“REV West Plan”). This MOU was renewed in 2019. Under the REV West Plan, the signatory states agree to work together to create an interconnected Intermountain West Electric Vehicle (EV) Corridor that will make it possible to seamlessly drive an EV across the western states’ major transportation corridors. NASEO facilitates support to the Signatory States as they implement activities outlined in the MOU, including creating best practices to enhance EV adoption, coordinating on EV charging station locations, creating voluntary minimum standards, and leveraging economies of scale.
CORWest
EV Corridors WEST - USA (CORWest). Utah Clean Cities was funded by the Department Of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office during 2019-2022 to lead the CorWest project, working collaboratively with Clean Cities Coalitions, State Transportation, Energy, and Tourism Offices across the 8 states to build a regional EV Corridor brand (ChargeWest), as well as identify key barriers and needs for supporting vehicle electrification across rural areas. CORWest built regional connectivity, creating the largest EV corridor collaborative in the U.S., designed to scale & replicate nationally.
ChargeWest
ChargeWest West Electric Highway - is a collection of Intermountain West states committed to improving electric corridors across the western United states; building infrastructure for rural gateway communities, state and national parks, monuments, recreation areas and scenic by-ways.
The states involved are Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
Utah Clean Cities has received a second round of funding through the Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office (2024-2027) for ChargeWest@Scale to further plan and catalyze electrified corridors throughout the 8 state region. This project is designed to work in conjunction with state NEVI plans, and to scale and replicate in other regions. The project places particular focus on EVSE corridors along scenic byways and All-American roads, while in tandem supporting rural workforce development, coordination with specialized transportation needs, and resilient and co-located hydrogen infrastructure planning.
Memorandum of Understanding Signed
Electrifying the Intermountain West Alternative Fuel Corridors
West Electric Highway

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