Vice President Kamala Harris plugs an electric vehicle into a charging station last December in Brandywine, Md. Biden administration officiVice President Kamala Harris plugs an electric vehicle into a charging station last December in Brandywine, Md. Biden administration officials yesterday outlined plans to create a network of EV charging stations. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty

The Biden administration will roll out a $5 billion program today to help states build a national network of 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations by decade’s end.

The newly dubbed National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program was established by President Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure law, which Congress passed last November. The administration announced the program yesterday, and it also released guidance to help states begin drafting their five-year deployment plans for building the chargers.

“The President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help us win the EV race by working with states, labor, and the private sector to deploy a historic nationwide charging network that will make EV charging accessible for more Americans,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement.

The guidance outlines where stations should […]

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