Maine Monitor - If you’re driving an electric vehicle up I-95 or 295 these days, particularly in York or Cumberland counties, odds are you won’t have to travel far before hitting a public charging station. But head north and the stations taper off. Until recently, $5 billion in federal funding was set to change that, with a nationwide goal to build a network of public EV chargers along every 50 miles of designated roadway from Maine to California.
Known by its acronym ‘NEVI’ in the EV and policy worlds, the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program was brought to a halt by the Trump administration in February.
But the memo released
on Feb. 5 by the Federal Highway Administration, which manages the
program, drew confusion among states, leading some to halt construction
while others pressed forward. Many, including Maine, have multiple
NEVI-funded sites underway.