US states have constructed less than 400 electric vehicle charging ports through April under $7.5 billion federal infrastructure packages, the Government Accountability Office said Tuesday.
As of April 2025, 384 charging ports are working at 68 stations in 16 states, GAO said, saying a joint workplace overseeing the program “has not defined performance goals with measurable targets and time frames for its activities.”
In May, California and 15 other states sued the Transportation Department, saying the federal authorities was illegally withholding at least $3 billion awarded to states for building EV charging stations under a 2021 infrastructure law.
As of April 2025, 384 charging ports are working at 68 stations in 16 states, GAO said, saying a joint workplace overseeing the program “has not defined performance goals with measurable targets and time frames for its activities.” UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
The Transportation Department under President Trump in February suspended the EV charging program and rescinded approval of state plans pending a review.
The GAO famous that Trump needs Congress to rescind $6 billion in unspent EV charging funding.
Nationwide, there are about 219,000 publicly accessible EV charging ports, according to the Energy Department.
In June 2024, a Democratic senator criticized the earlier Biden administration for deploying just seven EV charging stations with a few dozen ports calling it “pathetic.”
We’re now three years into this … That is a huge administrative failure,” said Senator Jeff Merkley. “Something is terribly wrong and it needs to be fixed.”
The Trump administration has taken a quantity of steps to discourage EV gross sales.
The Transportation Department under President Trump in February suspended the EV charging program AP
Trump signed laws this month that will finish the $7,500 EV tax credit and $4,000 used EV tax credit on Sept. 30.
Trump in January revoked a 2021 govt order signed by Biden that sought to guarantee half of all new automobiles offered in the United States by 2030 were electric.
In March, the General Services Administration advised federal businesses that present charging stations for government-owned EVs “that are deemed not to be mission-critical should be disconnected from the network and turned off.”
GSA said in April it had canceled 32 electric vehicle charging tasks value over $23 million.