DOT Declines To Appeal EV Charger Grants Order, But Readies Guidance

July 3, 2025
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is declining to appeal a preliminary injunction unfreezing several states’ infrastructure law grants to build electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, even as Trump officials draw closer to issuing a draft guidance expected to outline updated requirements for new state plans to implement the program. The government’s move in State of Washington, et al. v. DOT -- a multi-state challenge to DOT’s halt of unobligated National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program funds and the department’s...


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