The General Services Administration plans to close the federal EV load infrastructure in the coming weeks and to “unload” EV bought by the previous administration, The penis reports.
Since GSA oversees government buildings, the chargers’ closure will have an impact on personal electric vehicles belonging to government employees and electric vehicles belonging to a government. “As the GSA has worked to align with the current administration, we have received a direction that all GSA charging stations are not essential”, an e-mail consulted by The penis Read.
There have been a constant number of an increasing number of electric vehicles belonging to a federal government after President Biden ordered the government agencies of electrify their fleets in 2021. Part of the law on the reduction of inflation signed in 2024 also included funding to build EV chargers for the growing number of vehicles used by the government.
The closure will take place in the coming weeks and will coincide with the abolition of GSA electric vehicles purchased by the Biden administration, either by selling them or placing them in stock, depending on the report. Engadget contacted the GSA for confirmation of this plan and will update this article if we hear.
Leaving the federal load infrastructure adapts both with the position of the Trump administration on electric vehicles and Project transport objectives 2025The plan written by the Heritage Foundation which guided recent political decisions. Since entering into office, Trump has reversed Biden’s order to electrify government vehicles and has canceled a project to install EV chargers at high speed along the highways. It would not be surprising that he signed an invoice Eliminate the EV Federal Tax Credit Completely, if it is presented with luck.
Although it is not a magic solution for global warming, the adoption of the EV has been pushed due to its potential to reduce carbon emissions. Going from the manufacture of gas vehicles to electric vehicles was not cheap for car manufacturers. Imposing prices and the abolition of incentives to buy electric vehicles is one of the reasons why car manufacturers are would have tried to make lobby The Trump administration to reconsider its current position.
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