​Trump’s new ‘Buy American’ requirement for EV charging would dramatically curtail build-out 

​Trump’s new ‘Buy American’ requirement for EV charging would dramatically curtail build-out 

Tesla vehicle at a Supercharger station.

It seems clear at this point to say that Donald Trump does not want to spend a single dime on EV charging. He tried to freeze $5 billion in funding for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, which was approved as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. And when a federal judge ordered the government to unfreeze the funds, his administration came up with a new tactic to stall the plan.

EV chargers must now be built in the US, with components that also originate in the US, in order to receive federal funding, the US Department of Transportation said today. Under the proposal, EV chargers would need to boost their US- …

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