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/outofspecpodcastApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-spec-podcast/id1576636119Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tKIQfKL9oaHc1DLOTWvbdAmazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/473692b9-05b9-41f9-9b38-9f86fbdabee7/OUT-OF-SPEC-PODCASTFor further inquiries please email podcast@outofspecstudios.com00:00 Hello and Welcome Back00:30 Guest Introduction Preeti Choudary and Breanna Badanes02:00 What Is DriveOhio04:00 DriveOhio Priorities07:00 DriveOhio's NEVI Framework For Success09:10 Building Ohio's NEVI Plan13:15 Keys To NEVI Plan Approval15:10 Community and Communication17:20 Reliability For Ohio's EV Charging20:15 Hardware and Charging Partner Choices22:10 L2, Workplace, and DCFC23:40 NEVI 4 Stall Site Minimum26:00 How Did They Get The Site Live So Fast?29:00 Lessons Learned33:30 Interstate Collaboration35:55 Future Plans For Ohio EV Charging37:50 Motivations39:30 Conclusions#evcharging #electricvehiclecharging #ohio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.