Trump administration reportedly shutting down federal EV chargers nationwide

General Services Administration, which operates the federal government -owned buildings, is planning to close the entire network of its electric vehicle charger, according A report in VirgThe

The GSA operates a network of hundreds of EV charger with a total of 5 plugs that can be used to charge the owned vehicles for government and federal employees. A source told The Verge that federal staff would get the guide to close these chargers next week, some regional offices have already asked to take their charger offline.

At the beginning of this week, Colorado Public Radio Received an internal email The charging stations at the Denver Federal Center will be shut down, saying they “missions are not critical”.

More extensively, President Donald Trump’s administration has been offensively To cut government agencies And bring back federal support for co -renewable energy for An EV charging infrastructure program It has previously provided a few million to Tesla.

TechCrunch has reached the GSA for comment.