Experts are questioning President Donald Trump’s latest effort to slow the electric vehicle charging buildout in the U.S. In a letter Thursday night, the Trump administration directed states to stop spending money for EV charging infrastructure,

The Trump administration is rescinding federal funding to build electric vehicle chargers, leaving in doubt $4 million for Maine to build out a network, though a larger sum from Washington is unaffected,

Federal Highway Administration officials said they were suspending the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program.

Illinois is one of several states that has been notified that the U.S. Department of Transportation is cutting off its funding for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. Gov. JB Pritzker previously made a commitment to have one million EV vehicles on the road by 2030.

While the program isn’t dead, the Federal Highway Administration recently wrote to state transportation directors to inform them that the new leadership of the U.S. Department o