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'Trump halts electric car charger campaign after Biden's $5 billion
effort installed 55 units nationwide'
'Takes action to end global warming-related 'Green New Deal' ideology'
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'President Donald Trump has hit the brakes on Joe Biden's $5 billion
spending plan to install electric vehicle charging stations nationwide,
after only 55 units were made operational since 2021.
The Federal Highway Administration has issued a memo that directs states
to stop the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program.
It was part of Biden's big-ticket Bipartisan Infrastructure Law from
2021.
The Washington Examiner explained the memo "seeks to implement an
executive order declared by President Donald Trump on Inauguration Day targeting the Green New Deal, or progressive environmental policies that
found their way into legislation signed by Biden in 2021."
The so-called "Deal" was a campaign to defeat "global warming," which
suddenly became "climate change" when the global warming faded.
The Biden law planned 500,000 chargers in the country by 2030. The
report revealed, however, that by December 2023 not a single unit had
been installed. By February 2025, the number reportedly was 55.
Trump's executive orders on the day of his inauguration included one
ending the Green New Deal, a name that came from a 2019 resolution from leftists Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Edward Markey,
D-Mass.
Trump said at the time, "Today, we will end the Green New Deal, and we
will revoke the electric vehicle mandate, saving our auto industry and
keeping my sacred pledge to our great American autoworkers. …In other
words, you'll be able to buy the car of your choice."
Trump's order directed federal agencies to "immediately pause the
disbursement of funds appropriated" through the Inflation Reduction Act
and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and he specifically
cited the "funds for electric vehicle charging stations."
Electric vehicles have largely been significantly more expensive than
internal combustion vehicles. They are much heavier, creating the danger
of catastrophic damage and injury in accidents, their batteries require
costly replacement at times, and their driving range is more limited, especially in cold weather
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