the Trump administration The United States has ordered the suspension of $ 5 billion Electric car The shipping station program is in another ecosystem since the President’s return to the White House.
In a note Release On Thursday to government transportation managers, the Fast Roads Department of the Ministry of Transport (FHWA) in the states ordered that no money allocated to them be spent under them Biden Administration As part of the national electric car Infrastructure (Nevi) Program.
“The new leadership of the Ministry of Transport has decided … to review the policies behind the implementation of the Nevi Formula program,” wrote Emily Beyond, assistant to FHWA for planning, environment and environment. “Accordingly, the current NEVI Formula Program instructions dated June 11, 2024 are canceled, and all previous versions of this guidance.”
As a result of the cancellation of the Nevi Formula program, FHWA also suspends approval for all government electric vehicles immediately Infrastructure Publishing plans for all financial years. Therefore, it is valid immediately, no new obligations may occur under the Nevi Formula program until the updated NEVI Formula program is issued and the new state plans are presented and approved.
BionDi added that until new instructions are issued, current obligations will be allowed to design and build shipping stations in order to prevent the disruption of current financial obligations.
Currently page On the Ministry of Energy website, the NEVI program provides funding for countries to spread EV shipping strategically. Funding is available to up to 80 % of the eligible project costs including acquisition, installation, network delivery for EV charging, appropriate operation and maintenance of EV shipping, and long -term EV charger sharing.
Politico Reports As of Thursday, FHWA has removed many website pages that provided information on the NEVI program.
In a statement to Politico, Andrew Rogers, a former FHWA deputy under Biden AdministrationHe said that the memo “appears to ignore both the law and the multiple orders of the restriction issued by the federal courts.”
The port also explains that Roger says that the memo appears to be “directly violating” the 1974 reservation law, which is a law Adhere The presidents are with blocking the financing approved from Congress.
Currently, 14 states have at least one EV operating station, according to EV clearing cases. As of last November, there are 126 public shipping outlets that work across 31 NEVI stations in nine states, which represents an 83 % increase in NEVI’s open ports since the last quarter, according to Nevi’s report.
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He added that a total of 41 states issued at least the first round of the requests, as it issued 35 conditional awards or setting agreements in place for more than 3560 fast shipping port through more than 890 sites for the station.
Throughout the course of his campaign, Trump wandered against EVS, at a time when the supporters of the vehicles should be “Define in Hell” And supported that Biden for EVS will bring a file “Blood Bath” To the auto industry in the United States.
Last month, as part of a wave of executive orders he signed during his first days in his post, Trump Eliminate An order from the 2021 Biden era was aimed at making half of all new vehicles sold in the United States in 2030 Electric.
