Review - FHWA Publishes Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Final Rule

Today, the DOT’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published a final rule in the Federal Register (88 FR 12724-12757) for the “National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Standards and Requirements”. The rule “establishes regulations setting minimum standards and requirements for projects funded under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program”. This rule establishes physical security and cybersecurity standards for NEVI funded projects as one of the six major areas of the new regulations.

Cybersecurity Overview

The executive summary of today’s rule notes that:

“This final rule outlines network connectivity requirements for charger-to-charger network communication, charging network-to-charging network communication, and charging network-to-grid communication. These requirements address standards meant to allow for secure remote monitoring, diagnostics, control, and updates. These requirements will help address cybersecurity concerns while mitigating against stranded assets (whereby any provider abandons operations at any particular charging station).”

Effective Date

March 30^th, 2023 is the effective date for this regulation.

 

For more details about the security provisions (physical and cyber) of this final rule, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/fhwa-publishes-electric-vehicle-infrastructure - subscription required.