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Pete Buttigieg will leave his post as Transportation Secretary having spent $7.5 BILLION to build 8 EV charging stations

Michael Rulli · A post on X · November 24, 2024

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Checked against Not yet checked: Federal Highway Administration outlays to date under the charging programs and the count of stations opened with that money; the $7.5 billion is the five-year sum the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provided, not an outlay.

The record: National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program

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Topics: Infrastructure, Transportation.

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Sources

  1. Biden law gave states $7.5 billion for EV charging; 37 stations and 226 ports built, more to come · PolitiFact · 2024-12-05 · accessed 2026-09-25
  2. National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program · Federal Highway Administration · accessed 2026-10-15

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