President Tantrum Orders GSA To Shut Down 3,300 EV Charging Points Across Multiple Federal Agencies

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The Trump administration has directed a federal agency to disconnect its electric vehicle charging stations, part of the president’s agenda to roll back progress on EVs and clean energy. An email shared with Inside Climate News by a federal worker details how the U.S. General Services Administration, which oversees government buildings, purchasing and technology, is shuttering the stations.

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A GSA employee confirmed the veracity of the email and that the chargers would be removed, but declined to elaborate. The scope of the disconnections is unclear; the email originated from one of GSA’s regional offices. The GSA’s online guide to federal workplace charging is no longer available. GSA did not provide responses to written questions from Inside Climate News by deadline. The U.S. Department of Energy did not respond to emails and phone calls seeking comment.

The dismantling of the chargers, though, is a significant setback for the program. One of the GSA’s priorities for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year was to “address the climate crisis through zero-emission fleet vehicles.” Yet to support widespread EV use, the federal government would need 100,000 charging ports, according to a 2022 Government Accountability Office report.

More than 800 federal buildings, such as those for national laboratories, Veterans Affairs, NASA and military bases, offer electric vehicle chargers, according to a database of alternative fuel stations hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy. One charging station can accommodate several ports; there are more than 3,300 federally managed ports nationwide; some are open to the public, as well as to employees.

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https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21022025/trump-wants-to-disconnect-federal-ev-charging-stations/

[Blues Heron]

1. Just like reagan taking down Carters solar panels. Shameful

[Jerry2144]

2. very dumb considering the number of electric vehicles

in the GSA fleet. I work on a government research facility. most of the cars we've gotten in the past several years have been full electric (lightnings, Bolts) or plug-in (minivans). This will shut down operations if the vehicles can't charge. These chargers are also open to employees at a rate 4X the power rate the government pays. Those chargers are administered by a corporate entity who has to make a profit, even though the power comes from the government building through the government's power meters.

[WestMichRad]

3. Daily Administration meeting objective:

“What else can we f*k up?”

[Picaro]

4. Mr. Tesla is okay with this?

So Tesla boy is okay with this?