Wyoming Is Pulling The Plug On Taxpayer-Funded Car Chargers

You might want to rethink getting that Tesla after all.

The Biden Administration has been pushing electric cars hard, in part through the EPA proposing incredibly strict tailpipe emissions limits in the near future. There have been all kinds of tax incentives to get people buying EVs. Then there’s the push to build chargers all over the country, making EV road trips more common, with the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program helping lead the charge. However, it looks like Wyoming is going to pull the plug on that, walking away from $24 million in funding.

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That money would go toward building 17 charging stations along the interstates in Wyoming within the next five years. Part of the deal required private businesses to provide a 20% match in funding. Those businesses would then build and run the charging stations, with the federal government helping to fund them during those first five years.