As much as $283 million in federal funding for electric vehicle charging stations could expire when the fiscal year ends Tuesday, according to a new analysis.
The funding that remains is unobligated from the first wave of grants in a $2.5 billion Biden-era program to deploy EV chargers in cities and communities around the country. By law, grant recipients must sign contracts to spend their money by the end of this fiscal year — a task that became difficult after President Donald Trump partially paused the program.
About 30 recipients may not meet that deadline, according to an analysis by Transportation for America, a liberal-leaning nonprofit that seeks alternatives to car- and highway-based transportation.
Trump called out the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) program in his Inauguration Day executive order to halt climate funding, and his administration has disengaged the U.S. government from supporting electric vehicles.
