Electric Vehicles - The Eno Center for Transportation

Proposed Changes to NEVI’s Buy America Requirements Present Challenges to States and EV Industry

March 6, 2026

March 6, 2026 | Grace Truslow

March 6, 2026 - A proposed increase of domestically produced content requirements for NEVI-funded electric vehicle chargers has raised concerns...

Washington v. U.S. Department of Transportation and NEVI Progress Updates

January 30, 2026

January 30, 2026 | Grace Truslow

January 30, 2026 - A federal court ruled that USDOT’s 2025 freeze of the NEVI EV-charging program was illegal, restoring...

Plugged Back In: USDOT Releases Updated Guidance for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, Unfreezing Federal Charging Infrastructure Dollars

September 5, 2025

September 5, 2025 | Grace Truslow

September 5, 2025 - USDOT has released new guidance for the $5 billion NEVI Formula Program, easing planning requirements and...

Electrifying Reauthorization

August 27, 2025

August 27, 2025 | Jeff Allen

August 27, 2025 - As Congress prepares for the next surface transportation reauthorization, electrification must move from the margins to...

National EV Registration Fee Isn't In Senate Reconciliation Bill

June 22, 2025

June 22, 2025 | Jeff Davis

June 20, 2025 - None of the Senate chairmen in charge of assembling a massive budget reconciliation bill in that...

Senate Finance Chairman Rejects Nationwide EV Registration Fee

June 16, 2025

June 16, 2025 | Jeff Davis

June 16, 2025 - The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee appears to have killed a House proposal for a...

CBO Thinks House EV/Hybrid Fees Would Raise Over $85B for HTF

May 16, 2025

May 16, 2025 | Jeff Davis

May 16, 2025 - The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the $250 per electric vehicle/$100 per hybrid annual registration...

House Passes EV Tax Credit Restriction as Chinese EV Tariffs Take Effect

September 13, 2024

September 13, 2024 | Jeff Davis

September 13,. 2024 - The House has passed a new bill limiting tax credits for electric vehicles with Chinese components,...

Administration Announces $521M in Additional EV Charging/Alt-Fuel Filling Stations

August 30, 2024

August 30, 2024 | Jeff Davis

August 30, 2024 - The Biden Administration this week announced $521 million in new grants to install electric vehicle and...

Senate Budget Discusses EVs: Is the U.S. Ready to Travel Down Electric Avenue?

August 2, 2024

August 2, 2024 | Kirbie Ferrell

July 31, 2024 - Closing out the final week of hearings before the August recess, the Senate Committee on the...

Senators Split on Electric Vehicle Viability

July 31, 2024

July 31, 2024 | Jeff Davis

“Congress should carefully consider whether and how to replace the fossil fuel-based highway user taxes that currently support highway and...

Secretary Buttigieg Joins House Transportation Committee for Marathon Testimony

June 28, 2024

June 28, 2024 | Steven Parks

June 27, 2024 - Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testified before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.