California is co-leading a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s efforts to block a $5 billion effort to build electric vehicle charging stations across the country.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D), Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), the California Department of Transportation and the California Energy Commission announced the lawsuit Wednesday. Washington state and Colorado are co-leads in the litigation, filed in Seattle at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
The suit said the administration is unlawfully withholding billions of dollars that were approved by bipartisan majorities in Congress for EV charging infrastructure.
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in February issued a directive to thwart the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) formula program, which is aimed at expanding EV charging nationwide. The suspension halted the approval of new state EV infrastructure plans and froze the distribution of federal funds to states.
