The Department of Transport (DOT) has banned funds for a $ 5 billion EV charging infrastructure program that Tesla has received at least $ 31 million from. The measure is widely seen as illegal.
The TRUM administration’s latest attempt to renounce the Federation -funded renewable energy projects across the country, a clear advantage for the president in his first weeks in office.
Also more evidence that CEO and Tesla Elon Musk’s policy is increasingly contrary to the purpose of his car company to advance the switch to sustainable energy. In the middle of last year, Tesla had won about 6% of all prices from the National Electrical Infrastructure Program (Nevi) in question, including millions of dollars in the process.
One of the first executive orders Trump signed in January aimed to accuse the infrastructure programs, including Nevi.
Now, a letter sent Thursday to the directors of the State Office DT says that the “new leadership of the Transport Department” wants to “review the policies under the implementation of the Nevi program”.
The Federal Highway Administration, the Dot agency that wrote the letter, said it will update the instructions for Nevi and publish it for public comment in “Spring”. The Dut Division says that no new funds can come out until the new instruction is completed. Insideevs was the first to report the letter.
Nevi was part of the law of two -party infrastructure signed by law in 2021. The Congress adopted $ 1 billion a year in the program from 2022 to 2026.
Beth Hammon, a senior vehicle charges lawyer at the Natural Resources Protection Council, said in a statement that the Trump administration “has no authority to stop him capriciously.”
“Prohibition of funding in the middle of the course will result in chaos and delays in states across the country. He will throw state efforts in unrest, destroy companies that install charges and endanger the work of their workers, “she said.” The only winner of this chaos is the oil industry. “
Sierra Club’s pure transport for the entire director Katherine García also said the action was illegal and was an “attack on the two -party funds that Congress approved years ago.”
The Trump administration is trying to stop the flow of money acquired by Congress across the government – which legal experts say is a major violation of the constitutional order.
His management and budget office announced a freezing of spending across the government that has already met a number of legal challenges. He then gave up that memorandum, although it has been reported that some freezing of payment continue. Musk, meanwhile, is doing one day about numerous government agencies with a team of engineers and technology leaders and enabling computers access to payments and other sensitive systems.
