A coalition of states sued the Trump administration over its suspension of funding for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program.
Several states have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, seeking release of billions of dollars allocated by Congress for a nationwide electric vehicle charging network.
As Karen Zraick and Shawn Hubler report in The New York Times, “The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle, states that federal agencies have unlawfully frozen those funds and halted approvals for new stations, depriving states of critical resources and damaging the growing electric-vehicle industry.”
The $5 billion program has so far funded 71 stations, with many more in development around the country. However, President Trump called for ending support for the program in a January executive order and proposed canceling funding in the FY26 budget. The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program was designed to support building charging infrastructure outside of urban areas and along interstate freeways.
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