The Trump administration stops the illegal freezing of charger EVs of $ 5 billion after losing to court

The Trump administration finally issued new advice that states can use to extinguish $ 5 billion in funding for electric vehicle loading infrastructure, after spending months retain money.

A Coalition of States continued to freeze funding in the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program (NEVI), which was one of the numerous attempts at the administration to arrest the appropriate funding by the Congress at the start of Donald Trump’s second term. A judge reigned in June that these states were likely to succeed and to issue an injunction against the freezing of administration.

The Ministry of Transport (DOT), led by the former personality of MTV Sean Duffy, criticized the states for having taken too long to spend the money. In May, around 84% of the $ 5 billion (authorized within the framework of the Bipartite on Infrastructure Act) was still waiting to be forced and only a few dozen chargers had been built.

Duffy and the DOT also said that funding was only interrupted while a “examination process” has been carried out to ensure that the Nevi program is aligned with the priorities of the administration. A new press release published Monday reveals what it implies.

Unsurprisingly, the new guidelines focus on simplifying the examination process for the charging stations. This means that states will no longer have to take into account consumer protection, emergency evacuation plans, the environmental board and the other stages previously required before the start of construction. The dowry has also deleted the requirements according to which a certain percentage of charging stations are built in rural, poorly served or disadvantaged communities.

The dowry has also removed the language of the directives requiring that the financing proposals “demonstrate how the implementation will promote the strong standards of the workforce, the safety training and the installation”. And the dowry struck the language that forced candidates to offer small businesses intended for minorities and women to get involved.

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