Trump Administration Stops throughout the EV Loading Program
The Trump Administration ordered countries to stop a program to build fast EV charging devices on highways across the country, Issued by the Federal Administration of Highways. The letter informs the state -owned transport directors responsible for the introduction of the program that all plans approved by the Biden administration have already stopped “until new guidelines are issued.”
The National Electric vehicle infrastructure program (NEVI) was approved by Congress as part of the Bilateral Infrastructure Act. It aimed to fill the omissions on the EV loading network in America and was supported by $ 5 billion. President Trump has long refused the program and regularly During the 2024 campaign.
The Infrastructure Act authorizes $ 5 billion in 5 years for NEVI, a program that finances countries to build fast EV charging stations. Buttigieg & Doe ensures that this program sets high quality standards.
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To this end, Trump often suggested that the Biden administration had spent $ 9 billion on the construction of eight EV charging fees. Sometimes you would S In fact, 55 charging stations have been built so far, S Just over $ 2 billion has been distributed in countriesand Much of it has not yet been spentS
The term of office, as outlined in the new note, will fulfill the financial obligations of NEVI as long as the state has a finalized contract with a charging company. All unfinished contracts are likely to be placed on an indefinite detention.
Can an organization like FHA unilaterally place Kibosh on a program that was approved by Congress? Legality here is unclear, but Loren McDonald, chief analyst at said “I don’t believe FHWA has the power to do this.”
Ryan Galentin, managing director of the National Business Association Advanced Energy United, said the countries “are not obliged to stop these projects based solely on this message.” He continued to call on state leaders to “continue to implement this program until new guidelines were finalized.”
This move is also expected to be challenged in court. “I suppose court cases from countries will start soon and this will go to court and congress,” McDonald said. “But the Trump administration will just be able to cause a defeat and slow things down for a while.”
Trump has been From his first day in the office. He issued an enforcement order which To pass half of the country’s vehicles to EVS by 2030. He is expected to do so soon for electric vehicles.
But will this not harm Trump Elon Musk? In the end, Tesla was one of the largest recipients of these NEVI grants. It is worth remembering that this term does not return any contracts that have already been finalized. In other words, Musk is probably completely satisfied with by the government. It has also long been approved by the proposed removal of the federal tax credit, probably because he Many more than Tesla.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/trump-administration-stops-nationwide-ev-carging- 172002768.html?src=rs
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