The Trump administration has cleared the way for states to resume building electric vehicle charging stations after freezing a $5 billion EV infrastructure initiative earlier this year.

New Jersey was among a group of states that sued the Trump administration on May 7 to force the release of the funding. Pennsylvania joined the lawsuit as a plaintiff on Aug. 1. The commonwealth had been awarded nearly $77 million in federal funding committed to 90 public-private partnerships to build charging stations along designated routes as part of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program.

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With the program's initial objective achieved, the state is poised to take the next steps with broader deployment of th

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