The U.S. has built only 384 electric vehicle charging ports across 68 stations in 16 states under the $7.5 billion federal infrastructure programs as of April 2025, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Tuesday.
The GAO said the joint office overseeing the effort has not set performance goals with clear targets or time frames.
The program, created under a 2021 infrastructure law, has faced delays and legal challenges. In May, California and 15 other states filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Transportation Department, accusing it of unlawfully withholding at least $3 billion that had been approved for building EV charging stations.
In February, the Trump administration suspended the EV charging program and rescinded the approval of state deployment plans, citing the need for a review. The GAO noted that President Donald Trump has asked Congress to cancel $6 billion in unspent EV charging funds.
As of now, the U.S. has about 219,000 publicly available EV charging ports, according to the Energy Department. The slow pace of new infrastructure has drawn criticism. In June 2024, Senator Jeff Merkley called the earlier rollout under the Biden administration a failure, pointing to the fact that only seven stations had been built with a few dozen ports.
He said the lack of progress over three years showed serious administrative issues.
The Trump administration has taken additional steps affecting the EV market. In January, Trump revoked a 2021 executive order that aimed for 50 percent of new vehicle sales to be electric by 2030.
In March, the General Services Administration directed agencies to turn off non-essential EV chargers. The following month, GSA canceled 32 EV charging projects worth more than $23 million.
Earlier this month, Trump signed a law that ends the $7,500 tax credit for new EVs and the $4,000 tax credit for used EVs, effective September 30.
