The Trump Administration’s U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has sent a memo to the states suspending the approval of EV infrastructure deployment plans. It has to do with funds administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) via the $5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program.
“The new leadership of the [DOT] has decided to review the policies underlying the implementation of the NEVI Formula Program,” reads the memo that was sent on Thursday. “Accordingly, the current NEVI Formula Program Guidance dated June 11, 2024, and all prior versions of this guidance are rescinded.”
In other words, uncommitted grant money previously given to the states to build charging stations is being revoked by the feds.
“As [a] result of the rescission of the NEVI Formula Program Guidance, FHWA is also immediately suspending the approval of all State Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment plans for all fiscal years. Therefore, effective immediately, no new obligations may occur under the NEVI Formula Program until the updated final NEVI Formula Program Guidance is issued and new State plans are submitted and approved,” the memo continues.
The FHWA will publish an updated draft of NEVI guidance for public comment in the spring. Following the public comment period, the FHWA will finalize its updated guidance based on feedback from the public. The memo assures the states that current financial commitments will not be disrupted.
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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Everything Trump touches dies.
John Z – you’re right, he’s killing it. He killed DEI. He killed USAID and now he’s killing Biden’s legacy. Next up the Department of Education and the Green New Deal.
Do you even know what DEI stands for? Spell it out. Own what you are really against.
People against it are really just this generation’s bigoted segregationist.
Hey Rev,
Here gm’s statement on hiring:
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How is DEI not the complete opposite of this?
okay Greta
USA 1, Wow, you are just like Trump. You are a bigot, racist, and care about no one but yourself. Getting rid of the Department of Education will just produce more ignorant people like you.
Ahh – you pulled out the race card – you people always do .
How about this – the best person with the best qualifications is hired regardless of race color or creed – how novel.
Cumula was a dei hire – look how good that turned out ! Higher than a kite and word salad answers
You and rev Al never ran a legitimate business
Hopefully he touched you.
No Mike-he didn’t touch him. He grabbed him by the p ussy!!!
Even Trump is smarter than scary Mary.
The Federal government should’ve never embarked upon efforts to build EV charging stations to start with. They’ve never built gas stations so why is supplying energy for vehicles suddenly a function of government? Let the private sector build and maintain all EV charging facilities. They’ll do it much better and cheaper.
So the democrats can get kick backs. Everything they touch gets siphoned to shell accounts.
Joe G, Don’t generalize Joe, be specific. Tell us exactly what these shell accounts are. Who owns them? How much is in them?
Sounds like Joe G. is just another blowhard.
Great news !! The government needs to get out of our lives we will decide what to drive . They should not be giving our tax money or subsidies for one technology over another. If you want an electric car then buy one on your money not mine.
This stinks of Musky corruption. NEVI program is a major threat to the Tesla charger network. Tesla hasn’t been able to get many of the contracts, because of the NEVI rules, so Elon gets the felon to slow it down and update the rules, to better favor Tesla.
Massive conflict of interests, by a foreign immigrant wielding way too unelected power in the White House.
More violations of the constitution by the felon. Those funds were approved by congress, whom per the constitution, control the $$. This won’t stand up.
Prove it or stfu.
You forgot one thing: those funds Dumberat Congress approved are taxpayers money. If you think every person who works and pays taxes should pay for EVs, you need to go back to school.
I believe that Elon Musk : will eventually break up Tesla sell it off stuff his pockets full of money and declare Tesla bankrupt.
Hey Trump you got to help us out. Scary Mary is out of control and she’s destroying GM. Please Obi Wan you’re our only hope.
No, tRump had to file bankruptcy 6 times.
Lets face it charging stations may become very limited and ill maintained. Vehicle mounted mobile charging stations may become good business in the very near future….Just an idea.
Just bought a dozen of eggs(3.00cdn) Just heard that a dozen of eggs was up to 7.00 us IN THE GREAT STUPID GULF OF MEXICO. Just waiting for Trumpy Trump to say about bird flu that it is only a simple cold, for the chicken, like he did in 2019 for Covid 19. And 200,000 US citizens died in a matter of months What will do Kennedy???? I do not think , he will promote a vaccine for chicken. Trumpy Trump, as he already started, will get into your bank account like a Japanese bullet train. Already a Ford F150 will cost you more than 1500.00us. Wake up republicans Senators and Congress Mens. Put a stop to this nonsense even if you will not be re-elected by the bunch of idiots (55 millions of them) that voted for him in 2024. Poor US you are stuck with him for the next 4 years, unless you use the word DESTITUTION MENTIONNED IN THE 20TH AMENDMENT OF YOUR CONSTITUTION. Anxious to see how many negative comments I will receive on this comment.