Vermont's planned EV chargers on pause after Trump suspends program
The Vermont Agency of Transportation will not move ahead on a planned buildout of the state’s electric vehicle charging network after the Trump administration shut off the federal funding for the program.
VTrans announced in December that it was awarding $9.3 million in federal funding to 11 public fast-charger projects along the state’s busiest highway corridors.
But last week the Federal Highway Administration sent out a memo telling states to halt any work on the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, or NEVI, program, which was originally included in former President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill.
The Trump memo, which covers about $5 billion in grants nationwide, told states not to move ahead on any public EV charging projects, saying there would be new guidelines issued in the spring.
Read more at: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-02-10/vermonts-planned-ev-chargers-pause-after-trump-suspends-program