The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program is essential as the American public increasingly opts for electric vehicles.

Earthjustice has moved to intervene in a lawsuit in which 17 states are challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful and indefinite freeze of billions in federal funding for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, a transformative, $5 billion initiative to build electric vehicle charging stations every 50 miles on major corridors across all 50 states.

The Federal Highway Administration and Department of Transportation acted without authority, unreasonably, and in violation of the Constitution when they indefinitely froze the NEVI Formula Program.

The coalition challenging the Trump administration’s action is seeking the nationwide restoration of NEVI funds to build EV charging stations along highways in every corner of the country. Learn how we got here.