California sues Trump administration for withholding EV charging funds

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | May 7, 2025 | By Julie Johnson

[artichokegrower]

How about building more refineries in California to bring down the cost of gasoline for us working folks

[econjack]

Counter-sue for interference with ICE enforcement for twice as much.

[Jim Robinson]

we’re broke.

[Track9]

I think it’s safe to assume whatever money they think they’re due would not have built a single charging station. It’s just graft.

[Mark]

Copper thieves agree!

[faithhopecharity]

While California shuts down refineries and pushes gas up towards $6 — and it’s going higher too

[Tell It Right]

As of 2023 there are 1.1 million BEV's (fully electric, not hybrids) on the roads in California.

So the state is fussing about $300 million in funding, or about $300 per EV owner. That seems a bit much. Especially when most charging is done at home. Unless you can't charge at home, you need a road-side charger only if you take your EV on long trips. Does it seem realistic to expect $300 per EV owner for just his couple of road trips?

[SaxxonWoods]

Build them yourselves, whiners.

[HYPOCRACY]

Ask Buttgiggy for the money.

[VanShuyten]

Remind me again. How many EV chargers did SloJo build for the $5 billion?

[Gasshog]

The PROBLEM IS

time after time the billions just disappear and JackTaxpayer gets shiffed.

Especially when Callyfornya is involved

So um, NO. Money.

[Gasshog]

Catch a clue, they want to steal that money. Maybe one or two charging stations would get finished.

[rktman]

Learn to ride the train......😳

[Newbomb Turk]

How much Federal money has California already received for charging stations and how many were built. Let start with those numbers.

[ronnie raygun]

they need money to squander

[antidemoncrat]

Say, didn’t the Biden administration give billions to a company that was to produce charging stations for EVs and they only built 7?
“Nov 24, 2024”Joe Biden’s administration invested $7.5 billion into EV charging stations, but somehow only built 7 or 8 stations in about 2 years, and now people want to know where all the money went,”

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

I LIKE your idea! A+++

[oldtech]

There’s an idea that makes some sense. Quit pushing those EVs.

[lurk]

DC is out of money.

CA is out of money.

You know what wise people do when they’re out of money.

[silverleaf]

How many have they built, where, and at what cost?