Texas will build more than 50 new electric car charging locations along major highways

A Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV plug-in hybrid vehicle charges at a public charging station in New York. Texas plans to use federal money to expand the state’s network of electric vehicle charging stations over the next five years. (Credit: Richard B. Levine/Sipa USA via REUTERS)

Texas can move forward with a plan to build a network of hundreds of electric vehicle charging locations across the state after the Federal Highway Administration approved the state’s plan on Tuesday.

Texas will use up to $408 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed into law last year to install fast-charging electric vehicle charging locations across the state. In the first year, Texas plans to build more than 50 new locations along major Texas interstates between El Paso, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas and Houston. A handful of stations are proposed in the Panhandle and the Rio Grande Valley.