Trump Hits The Brakes On Biden Admin’s EV Charging Network

The Trump administration announced Thursday that it is halting funding for the buildout of a Biden-era electric vehicle (EV) charger program.

The Department of Transportation said in a Thursday letter to transportation officials that it was pausing funding for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, which was established by the Biden-Harris administration in November 2021 to deploy a network of EV chargers across the U.S. This marks the latest move from the Trump-Vance administration to overturn various Biden-era green ⚡Energy policies.

While former President Joe Biden pledged to build a network of half a million EV chargers nationwide by 2030 through the NEVI program, the effort was marred by a slew of slowdowns