White House Rolls Out $5 Billion Plan to Fund EV Chargers for US Highways
On Thursday, the U.S. Departments of Energy and Transportation announced that they will allocate about $5 billion over the next five years to states to provide access to electric vehicle (“EV”) charging. This is part of the $7.5 billion bipartisan infrastructure package that will see electric charging stations distributed across U.S. highways. This latest funding effort is part of the $1 trillion infrastructure bill that Congress approved in November. This year, $615 million will be allocated to the states whose submitted plans receive a green light from the federal officials. In the press conference, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said…