"Trump administration moves to suspend national EV charger rollout"

[climateguy]

"The Trump administration on Thursday moved to halt a $5 billion initiative to build electric vehicle charging stations by instructing states not to spend federal funds previously allocated to them under the Biden administration program." Article.

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[Henry Ford]

I guess that means the States that were previously friendly to EV infrastructure will get more chargers and States that were previously skeptical of EV infrastructure won't. EV infrastructure spending is written into law and basic economics incentives spending the money but here we are.

 

[jlferg0509]

My questions are being addressed in the article. The money has been allocated, approved by congress, and distributed to the states as part of the current budget.

Is it legal for the President (whoever he/she is) to then come back and take the money back? I guess we'll find out...

 

[Pioneer74]

My questions are being addressed in the article. The money has been allocated, approved by congress, and distributed to the states as part of the current budget.

Is it legal for the President (whoever he/she is) to then come back and take the money back? I guess we'll find out...

It's not legal. The previous administration did the same thing will wall funding. After about 3 years in court, they were told they had to spend the money. Trump will lose too.

 

[broncoaz]

The private sector can handle charging networks. This may slow down rollout, but the networks are going to get built.

I’m not sure if Trump’s actions are legal or not, but it’s amazing how he hit the ground running this time around. There must’ve been some serious planning that likely started before November’s results were in.

 

[RickLightning]

My questions are being addressed in the article. The money has been allocated, approved by congress, and distributed to the states as part of the current budget.

Is it legal for the President (whoever he/she is) to then come back and take the money back? I guess we'll find out...

No, it is not legal, and it won't happen.

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