After a freeze, Trump administration reluctantly agrees to fund EV chargers

Camila Domonoske

August 15, 2025 / 1:33 pm

The Trump administration is reopening a federal program to fund the installation of high-speed EV chargers along freeways nationwide, after a six-month freeze in funds and a legal battle with states.

President Trump has repeatedly denounced the multibillion dollar program, called the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (or NEVI) program, as wasteful. It was created in 2021 through a bipartisan act of Congress, and unlike many other Biden-era climate measures , that law remains on the books; Congress has not reversed it.

The Department of Transportation froze the funds in February , and months passed with no indication of when funding would be restarted.

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