NEVI Formula Program and EV Charging Infrastructure (IIJA Rescission)
(EV Chargers)
Department of TransportationEV owners; charging network companies; rural communities along interstate corridors
Summary
The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program and the related Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) grant program, created by the 2021 infrastructure law, give states federal money to build public EV charging stations along highways, with the federal government covering 80% of each project's cost. The FY2027 budget proposes canceling $4,200 million (100%) of the unobligated money left in these programs, ending federal funding for future charging-station construction under NEVI and CFI.
Who Is Affected
The cut affects all 50 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico, which had been allocated shares of roughly $7.5 billion in NEVI and CFI funding to build chargers along designated highway corridors. As of late 2025, states had only obligated funding for about 990 planned stations and roughly 3,932 fast chargers, with about 80 stations and 370 chargers actually open, so the cancellation mainly halts planned future stations rather than shutting down chargers already built. Rural and interstate-corridor communities that were counting on this funding to fill gaps in charging coverage, along with charging-network companies and contractors that had signed state agreements, would lose access to this federal support.
What this cut would actually mean
If enacted, states would no longer receive the roughly $4.2 billion in remaining federal dollars needed to finish building out the planned nationwide network of highway fast chargers spaced roughly every 50 miles, so many rural and interstate corridor gaps in charging coverage that the program was designed to fill would likely go unbuilt or be delayed for years. Some states that had already obligated funds for specific stations may still see those particular projects proceed, but any station not yet under formal agreement would rely entirely on private companies choosing to invest without federal cost-sharing, which analysts note could slow deployment and widen disparities between wealthier and lower-traffic regions.
Sources
- FY27 President's Budget Request Signals Major Shifts in Higher Education, Infrastructure and Domestic Programs — Confirms the FY2027 budget proposes cancellation of about $4.2 billion in unobligated NEVI and CFI balances.
- Implementation of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Programs: CFI and NEVI (CRS Report R48996) — Congressional Research Service explainer on how NEVI and CFI work, their $7.5 billion total IIJA funding, and the FY2027 proposal to cancel remaining unobligated balances.
- Department of Transportation FY2027 Funding Request (CRS Report R48947) — Breaks down the FY2027 request to cancel $2.7 billion in unobligated NEVI funds and $1.6 billion in unobligated CFI funds.
- Washington v. U.S. Department of Transportation and NEVI Progress Updates — Details on NEVI program implementation progress, including the number of charging stations opened and obligated as of late 2025.
- White House Releases Budget Request for FY 2027: Analysis for Counties — National Association of Counties summary confirming the FY2027 budget cancels over $4 billion in unobligated NEVI and CFI funding.
- U.S. GAO Decision B-337137 on NEVI Formula Program Impoundment — GAO legal decision explaining the NEVI program's structure, its 80% federal cost-share, and DOT's obligations under the Impoundment Control Act.
Administration's Stated Rationale
“EV charging mandates cancelled; private sector to build charging network without federal subsidy.”