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Aarian Marshall @ Wired Ā· 02/06/2025 18:52 EDT

Feds Halt the National Electric Vehicle Charging Program

The US government has ordered states to retract their plans to build hundreds of federally funded EV charging stations, according to a memo obtained by WIRED.

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