Pete Buttigieg teaches Elon Musk how EV charging operates.

The program falls, of course, in line with the budget allocation per the federal subsidization in building the entire network of electric charging stations for nationwide service. Musk, however, raised some reservations about the amount with the Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, through a tweet and a national call-in event that has been scheduled by the agency in charge of the project.

In the tweet, he tagged it with a post by Donald Trump Jr., who charged that Musk was “wasting billions to build “8 EV stations only.” In reply, Buttigieg clarified, “$7.5 billion is the overall NEVI budget for the whole program under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.”

Buttigieg elaborated that individual states have the opportunity to apply for funding from this substantial budget. The funds have not yet been fully distributed; therefore, they are not yet in use for building the infrastructure. Once states receive their portion of the funding, they are responsible for constructing the electric vehicle chargers, rather than the federal government taking direct action.

While there has been criticism regarding the gradual rollout of these government-funded electric vehicle charging stations, the administration continues to make strides toward completion of the project. Currently, nine states have operational EV chargers that have been funded through the NEVI program. Most of the additional chargers are expected to be constructed during the latter part of this decade. The overarching goal of the NEVI program is to ensure that fast electric vehicle chargers are installed across the nation, creating a reliable network from coast to coast by the year 2030.

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