Last week, the Trump Administration’s U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) sent a memo to the states notifying them that existing guidance for the $5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program was rescinded. That means that uncommitted grant money previously given to the states to build charging stations is being revoked while the NEVI guidance is being re-evaluated.
Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) President Genevieve Cullen made an official statement in response to the memo. EDTA’s members include automakers like GM, Ford, Toyota, and Stellantis, charging networks like Electrify America, EVgo, and Shell Recharge, and various retailers, parts suppliers, and energy companies. The mission of this advocacy group, which includes GM and many others, is to accelerate the EV transition through policy advocacy, education, and industry engagement.
The EDTA’s statement is as follows:
“Investments in charging and refueling stations are creating jobs and expanding consumers’ transportation choices in every state. The NEVI program, created in bipartisan legislation, is an effective and important element of a truly strategic energy policy that promotes US innovation, domestic investment and energy security.
“We urge the Administration to quickly resume the critical work of the program and minimize uncertainty for states and their businesses, who have invested in infrastructure to serve local and national goals for advanced transportation.”
So far, the NEVI program, which was first implemented in 2022, has yielded 51 charging stations for a total of 224 charging ports across 14 states.
We reported in January that the Trump Administration may eliminate federal EV charging subsidies like the NEVI program along with the federal EV tax credit. There’s also a good chance that Biden-era fuel economy standards will be scrapped, which effectively require automakers to sell EVs to satisfy. Trump’s “Unleashing American Energy” spells a plan for “considering the elimination of unfair subsidies and other ill-conceived government-imposed market distortions that favor EVs over other technologies,” which likely includes the EV tax credit.
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The nutjob is threatening the sovereignty of other nations, his plan is chaos and disruption.
“his plan is chaos and disruption”
I hope so. Do you not see the numerous wastes of money and total corruption being revealed every single day? It’s hard to keep up with it all. It was out of control.
He is the corruption my dude
Nah, it’s been there for decades before him.
Yes it has been there for decades but a person has to be delusional to think that he’s cleaning it up. Let’s be honest here.
You’re brainwashed or brain dead if you think he is good for America.
Honest question. So, personal ESG scores, digital IDs, CBDC’s, vaccine passports, online censorship and manipulation, media manipulation, government coercing employers to exert control over employees for the government, and hedge funds controlling every company and government in the western world that matters – all that tied together controlled by the likes of Soros, Gates, Fink, and Schwab was/is the world you wanted to live in?
You put your faith in an obvious conman and history will judge you for it.
It’s not a black and white absolute as you’ve presented it. Just like it is not Republican vs Democrat. It’s is about America, Americans, and understanding right from wrong.
He has fed you the rhetoric and propaganda, he has convinced you there is something to be afraid of, and you are eating it up.
“He has fed you the rhetoric and propaganda, he has convinced you there is something to be afraid of, and you are eating it up.”
That’s not from Trump, you can find this agenda on the WEF’s own website, it’s public and a Google search away from you. Also, from my own, real life experience the past 4 years when it has really ramped up.
John: I assume you are referring to the felon Trump? Or the president non-elect Musk? Or both? Together they make up more waste and corruption than anything I’ve seen before.
Hmm, I saw Elon out publicly many times with Trump during the run up to the election. It was no secret at all. How many times were people Soros, Gates, Fink, and Schwab visible and stumping with their politicians?
John,
“Numerous waste of money and total corruption,” and Trump is the head of it. Trump appointed Elon Musk to curb wasteful government spending. Musk receives tens of billions of dollars from the federal government, while pointing the finger at other government agencies. Why does the world’s richest man get funding from the federal government, our tax money.
When Trump ran for office in 2016 he refused to show the people his taxes because he said, he was under audit. That is just another lie. It is 9 years later and still Trump has shown no one his taxes. He hides this because most people would be irate to know that he pays less taxes than a person earning $50,000. When Trump left New York for Florida the governor of New York stated, good riddance he has never paid a dime of taxes here anyway.
How does threatening to annex Canada, Greenland, and Panama get rid of waste spending?
Canada and Greenland are rich in resources needed in the near future of technology and manufacturing. Resources that China had the foresight to secure much of around the world while our leaders were lining their pockets.
Panama obviously for the shipping route.
These aren’t for getting rid of waste as much as securing a future for American tech, manufacturing, and shipping.
Heaven forbid you buy the resources from Canada. There is no reason to threaten to annex the country.
Pretty sure that’s the plan, after “negotiations”.
John,
Adolf Hitler thought the same thing. When he needed natural resources he just took over sovereign nations by force. It ended badly for him, Germany, and the German people. Millions killed.
No U.S. aircraft carriers can fit through the Panama Canal. U.S. Nuclear submarines do not use the Panama Canal. Those submarines go to sea for months at a time. The object is to never let our enemies know where those nuclear subs are. Any of our enemies, Russia, China, Etc. that have satellite technology are watching the Panama Canal 24 hours a day. If a war were to break out and the US needed the Panama Canal they could just take it over, or sink a ship in it so no one else could use it.
Trump once said on national TV that he knows more than any of the generals.
Apparently not.
John Z,
You can drop the Hitler nonsense already, nobody will take you seriously on that anymore.
China already has control of much of the needed earth resources, we NEED to negotiate more of these for ourselves and for our allies. We aren’t going to forcibly take over anyone, but we may persuade them economically. China may actually use force to gain more of them and of Taiwan.
Russia is already trying to do so in Ukraine. Besides the resources, Russia wants/wanted to secure Ukraine and then keep moving into Poland and Romania. They are doing so now because they simply won’t have the manpower to do so in the future, their demographics aren’t great, either. There are 7 main invasion points if someone were to invade Russia and they want to to regain control of the remaining points to curb any future invasion of their country. And you can almost not blame them in some ways, given their history and invasions from these access points.
No other Navy in the world can compete with the US Navy if it comes to it. We can project anywhere in ways nobody else can. Even China with their large fleet is mainly only able to patrol their relatively local waters and can’t project around the globe like us. The vast majority of their ships just can’t reach far enough out from their homeland. China imports most of their energy and foods stuffs. If economic sanctions were needed and didn’t work on China for some reason, there are about a dozen countries in the world, including the US, that have the naval capability to setup a blockade to prevent middle eastern oil from shipping to China. This would cause the absolute collapse of their economy and if sustained for about a year, a famine like we haven’t seen in our lifetimes.
I’m not advocating for any of this, just pointing out the current realities of geopolitics if things get nasty. The biggest equalizer right now may be hypersonics and ICBM’s.
Lets get all the corruption out of Washington first with the insanity of spending tax pay dollars on utter stupidity! Just read today that FEMA spent $59 million dollars on illegal migrants in NYC, a dem-run city!! Ignorance
If these so called “green” politicians want these stations, start paying out of their own pockets, (money that has been laundered from hard working tax payers) and also stop flying FIRST CLASS or owning private jets!! Hypocrites…
thank you for agreeing with me, another reason to abolish fema.
You do understand that $59 million is a rounding error in the federal budget. It’s like worrying about your finances, and the first thing you cut is the $5 a week allowance for your kid(s). Yes, it’s money, but compared to your car payment, mortgage, insurance, gas, and utilities, it doesn’t affect the big picture.
What Elon is doing is little more than a smokescreen. The last time I checked, grocery and gas prices were going up—so much for day one.
So now wasting $59 million being acceptable is going to be your argument because you have TDS?
Good grief, the libbies are now somehow defending rich politicians and million of wasteful spending….because Trump.
What a rdiculous position to take.
Today’s lowercase gm sucks. This needs to end.
Take away any Political opinions concerning either Political Party and the question becomes the following. Why would a sitting President from either side of the aisle want to kill already approved spending from a Bill that keeps jobs for many years to come and keeps your Nation in the race to a new Technology in which China is currently in a huge lead.
Makes no sense when you look at it in that light. It only makes sense if you look through a Political lens concerning the decision.
Also, if this funding is killed, you as a President are basically admitting that you are willingly going to allow Tesla to become a Monopoly in the Charging segment. Tesla did not need nor will it need subsidies to continue and build out its Supercharging infrastructure. Gotta ask, Is that good for your long term political party which will be looking for votes within the Auto sector in four years?
How can you ask for votes from an Auto worker from say any Legacy automaker when you clearly screwed them over to allow Tesla (A so called Liberal/Green Agenda) company to become a Monopoly under your watch?
Makes you think what is actually behind the decision if the spending is actually stopped long term.
We are drowning in a pile of debt and continuing to inflate our way out of it leads to a bad place.
Also, there are many more geopolitical factors at play such as demographics (worldwide, regionally, country specific, and countries’ alliances). Where earth’s resources are geographically, where they need moved to for processing/manufacturing, and where they end up sold to end users. Then you have the fact that the world is moving on from the Bretton Woods way of doing things, that was created a long time ago.
Momolos: Well there you go, using logic. How dare you come on GMA and put that logical thinking way on here? Don’t you know it will just inflame the radical right and MAGA?
Kidding aside, you are spot on and correct. But that’s not how this site seems to be any more and most on here come across as MAGA faithful.
Stripping this from politics (as much as possible; I really don’t think you can fully remove this from politics), the question is whether the EV charger program is the best use of that money. If you believe it is, then by means, keep it up. But if you believe that the markets have decided that the EV revolution is not occurring just yet, then it would be wiser to save that money and spend $5-6 billion on chargers that are more advanced at a later date.
Richard P,
That’s like saying no one’s buying those newfangled horseless carriages. We don’t need gas stations.
It’s closer to saying if nobody is buying the horseless carriages, then you should dedicate your money towards what they are buying. When the time is right to build charging stations, let’s make sure we’re building the best. We’re still changing the CCS port on existing stations in favor of NACS. And as for charging speeds, China has just unveiled a station with peak speeds of 800kw (the upcoming 2025 Zeekr 007 sedan can allegedly charge 10-80% in as little as 10.5 minutes).
When it we do it, let’s do it right. Spend the money wisely.
The problem with that thinking is how long it takes to build stations capable of 800kw. Also, how long does it take to get enough vehicles in the market, like the Zeekr 007, to use those chargers? Meanwhile, there are millions of EVs on the road today capable of using less. Also, 10.5 minutes is nice, but outside of someone traveling, charge speed isn’t normally the biggest issue. I plug my Lyriq in at night, and magically, it’s charged in the morning. I have a 60A circuit for my charger, but it only charges at a 7.2kW rate because I don’t need it to charge any faster.
@theflew The issue here is how much money do you allocate to public charging to avoid congestion at stations in the future. The reason you want better charging speeds is because it frees up the charging station faster. E.g. if three people are waiting for one gas pump a the gas station, it’s not a big deal. But if three people are waiting for the same 50kw cable at a charging station then you know it’s a nightmare that might take an hour or longer for all three cars. A better charging speed translates to fewer public stations needed to be built and they will stay relevant longer.
Building infrastructure has always been one of the responsibilities of government. Besides, the amount pales compared to the money subsidizing the growth of corn to make ethanol for fuel.
Better to have and not need.
Then to need and not have.
Err on the side of caution.
Spot on Molmos. You hit on exactly why this doesn’t even make sense from a purely America First domestic policy. I’ll go further and say it speaks to an unadultered ignorance of what is a stake.
I voted for this. Also, use Tesla chargers.
Tesla chargers actually charge advanced EVs like Porsche, Kia, and GM slower than the newest CCS chargers do. So Superchargers are a downgrade.
Eliminate wasteful government spending.
Why is Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, getting tens of billions of dollars from the federal government, our money.
Trump appointed him as a phony watchdog for wasteful government spending, while he lines his pockets with our money, and points his finger at other government agencies.
Elon Musk should be the first person on that list to stop receiving federal funding.
Trump and musk are fleecing America, and his supporters refuse to see it.
Trump is a narcissist. He doesn’t care about America, you or anything but himself. If you think anything different you’re sadly mistaken.
No Government subsidies for Electric vehicles and they need to pay a road user Tax !!!
@Mikey
So you would also say absolutely NO subsidies for Oil correct?
If we think Government should not pick the so called winners then why stop subsidizing EV’s but continue to Subsidize other sources of Transportation Energy?
I am cool with zero Subsidies I guess but then you are going to accept total Domination by China and less so European Automakers.
Choices have consequences.
No subsidies for ethanol either.
Good! Mayor Pete got how many chargers installed? Was it 8 total? Times up nothing got done. Use the money to shore up social security. Lets the manufacturers build the stations.
Never been to a gas station named USA Gas Stations Across America. It was the private sector that built gas stations. Don’t use my tax dollars for BS subsidies.
Let the manufacturers build them. It is not the taxpayer’s responsibility to do it. End all EV subsidies. I don’t get one for my ICE vehicles that I buy every year. I barely get a fleet discount anymore.
@David Hall
End ALL Oil subsidies as well correct?
You do know there are a lot of oil based plastics, adhesives and sealants in an EV right?
John,
Russia and China both have nuclear submarines. They can Circle the globe dozens of times just like ours. They also have nuclear ballistic missiles just like ours.
It’s a well-known fact that Trump has fantasized about Trump Tower Moscow ever since the fall of the Soviet Union. Trump would give Putin all of Europe to see his fantasy come true. Trump loves autocrats – dictators. He aspires to be one. What was Trump going to do with all those top secret files he brought to Mar-a-Lago. He didn’t bring them there for nothing.
Steve bannon, one of the Trump teams biggest supporters, and talking head, just got convicted for fleecing MAGA supporters out of the money he was collecting to, “build the wall”, instead it all went into his pocket. Trump and his team even screw the MAGA supporters.
Still Trump supporters refuse see him for what he really is, sad.
Only about 10% of China’s ships can actually go more than a thousand miles from home ) this means a few dozen, maybe 40-ish ships total). And very few of them have a strike capability that’s more than a couple thousand miles.
John,
Chinese nuclear subs have a strike range of 6,200 miles. They could hit the continental United States when firing a ballistic missile from the South China Sea.
Yes, and they don’t have many ships (including subs) with that range. No where near what the US has. I said earlier their missiles are probably the biggest equalizer.
John,
They don’t need many ships (including Subs) one Chinese sub can carry up to 12 nuclear ballistic missiles. China currently gets most of its crude oil and natural gas from Russia not the Middle East.
Charlie, Trump Is On The Road to Perdition.
I don’t recall the government ever building gas stations? Why should tax payers pay for this when it should be the private sector footing the bill and then they can bend over anyone who wants to charge up their green scam vehicle. And then tax the crap out of the power they are using.
Exactly! Getting gasoline way back when was initially done by bulk if you had something to haul it home with & then a few stations popped up (about 15,000 stations 1920) & then came a flood by 1930, about 100,000 stations. The oil companies did most of the work, not state or federal governments. The 5 billion in 2022 for this program has managed 51 charging stations in 14 states in 2-3 years. Tax dollars should not be going for these since this could be better done by private entities more efficiently & likely a better product. The only reason this association is advocating for whatever is left of the 5 billion dollars is because they want the money to continue flowing to them & their partners. The driver at the end of the line, plugging in an EV is the least of their thoughts.
CEE,
There is a lot of truth in what you say. It’s always all about money. The private sector hasn’t taken this on because there’s no money in it yet. Suddenly when the demand comes we will be behind the eight ball.
Bob,
It couldn’t be worse than the percentage of tax you pay on a gallon of gasoline.
Always something !
You learn some, you laugh some.
I have got to get back to watching hockey. That’s what we do up north here in the winter.
Lake Erie is almost completely frozen over. That’s just under 10,000 square miles of ice. It used to freeze over by the end of January most years. With the winters getting milder it rarely freezes over completely the last 10 to 15 years.
Endeavor to persevere,
John Z.
If all these car manufacturers want to build these EV monstrosities, then they should build the charging stations to support them should not be on the back of the taxpayer in my opinion.
Trump derangement syndrome is alive and well in many of the idiots commenting most probably don’t even own a GM vehicle. The charging stations should be built by a for profit company. I never heard of the US government building gas stations.
What about the rest areas on interstate and major state highways? Who pays for the gas stations that are built there , also food courts which in turn are leased to various companies and fuel vendors?
I don’t know the answer to this but my guess would be that a government agency or highway authority etc. pays the construction costs and leases are bid out periodically.