OHIO — The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration announced Friday it's awarding $635 million in grants to go toward electric vehicle charging and infrastructure, and Ohio is on the list of recipients. 

The funding is from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's zero-emission refueling infrastructure programs. The money will help fund 49 projects that will create more than 11,500 EV charging ports, as well as hydrogen and natural gas fueling instracture across 27 states, four Federally Recognized Tribes and the District of Columbia.

Two areas of Ohio will receive the funds:

Cleveland will be receiving $3,955,200 which will be used to install 92 EV ports in parking longs and public rights-of-ways, which a focus of putting them in disadvantaged areas. In a press release, U.S. DOT said it'll align with the city's Climate Action Plan, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and expand access to clean transportation.

U.S. DOT said 47% of chargers will be located in disadvantaged communities and 53% will be at neighborhood resource and recreation centers. 

The Lucas County Transportation Improvement District will receive nearly $14,078,572, which will be used to install up to 360 new EV charging ports throughout Northwest Ohio, including Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky and Wood counties. 

The full list of grant recipients can be found here.

As of Friday, there are more than 206,000 publicly available EV charging ports. U.S. DOT said it's part of President Joe Biden's goal of building 500,000 publicly available EV chargers by 2030.

“The Biden Administration has made historic investments to support the EV transition and make sure it’s made in America,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “These investments will help states and communities build out a network of EV chargers in the coming years so that one day, finding a charge on a road trip will be as easy as filling up at a gas station.