Overview

• U.S. District Judge Tana Lin granted a partial preliminary injunction requiring the Department of Transportation to disburse $5 billion in National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure funds to 14 states.
• The court ruled that the February suspension of NEVI guidance and withholding of congressionally approved funding overstepped executive authority.
• Minnesota, Vermont and the District of Columbia were denied relief after failing to demonstrate they would suffer irreparable harm from the funding freeze.
• The injunction is set to take effect on July 2 unless the administration files an appeal in the Ninth Circuit.
• The NEVI Formula Program, created by the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, aims to build a strategic national network of EV charging stations by 2026.