“The majority of Americans will read this and pick up that ‘Trump has killed EV charging,’” said Loren McDonald, a principal at the EV-charging data firm Paren. “For people that are on the fence on getting an EV, this means ‘I shouldn’t get one because I won’t be able to take that road trip.’”

CHARLOTTE — The North Carolina Department of Transportation has stopped building new electric vehicle charging stations across the state as officials wait for guidance from the Trump Administration’s new Secretary of Transportation.

The new administration is challenging the industry—but a scrappy startup is finding ways to survive. A year ago, a small California-based EV charging startup was quickly expanding to other states. The company,

Tennessee is pushing forward with a state-level grant program to build new electric vehicle chargers on the state's interstates and major highways, even as President Donald Trump's administration blocks similar spending from federal coffers.