The Biden administration only built several hundred electric vehicle (EV) chargers despite billions at its disposal to subsidize them, according to a Tuesday report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
Congress allotted $7.5 billion for the Biden-era National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program (NEVI) and the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program (CFI) via the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), and both programs were a part of Former President Joe Biden’s multi-pronged effort to push EVs on American consumers. Despite billions in funding, the programs only resulted in 384 EV chargers being built as of April 2025 due to a lack of “defined performance goals with measurable targets,” according to the GAO report.
“The IIJA authorized and appropriated $7.5 billion in funding for these programs combined for fiscal years 2022 through 2026,” the report states. “Congress has expressed concern over the pace at which charging ports have been built under the NEVI and CFI programs, which had built a total of 384 charging ports as of April 2025.” (RELATED: Biden Sec Behind $7.5 Billion EV Charging Station Flop Suddenly Has Thoughts On Gov’t Efficiency)
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Biden’s ambitious goal to build out half a million EV charging stations across the U.S. by 2030 was reportedly kneecapped in part by diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) requirements “screwing everything up,” according to one senior Department of Transportation (DOT) official.
The DOT launched a review of the NEVI program in February and suspended the program. The agency determined that after three-and-a-half years, around 84% of the funds were yet to be legally committed. President Donald Trump hopes to claw back $6 billion in EV infrastructure funds, the GAO report notes.
“The Biden-Buttigieg Administration failed miserably to deliver EV chargers despite their promises. Congress gave the Secretary the authority to issue program guidance and ensure money is being spent efficiently, and that’s exactly what we are doing,” Transportation Secretary Duffy said in May, after 16 states and the District of Columbia sued the administration in response to the funding freeze.
EV charging infrastructure ranges from $600 to $140,000 per unit and the installation costs vary significantly depending on the location, the report states. Trump signed three Congressional resolutions to terminate Biden-era rules that would have effectively allowed California to impose a national EV mandate.
There are currently 219,000 public EV charging stations available across the U.S. at 77,000 stations, according to the report.
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