Keep the EV-boosting NEVI initiative fully funded!

America’s EV investments are starting to really pay off, with 704 new public EV charging stations installed in Q2 2024 and a surge of federal support on the way. This is good news, as climate action is really important to me! As such, I'm calling on you to keep the EV-boosting NEVI initiative fully funded! In the second quarter of 2024, 704 new public EV charging stations opened across America, increasing the national total by 9% in three months. If this pace keeps up, EV chargers will outnumber gas stations in America in just eight years! And there’s a decent shot that the pace will in fact accelerate! The business of the whole EV sector is booming. The IEA estimates that U.S. fully electric vehicles sales will surge to 2.5 million in 2025, up from 1.1 million as recently as 2023. BloombergNEF estimates that $6.1 billion will be invested in EV charging infrastructure in North America in 2024, nearly double the 2023 spend. Furthermore, major federal support for EV chargers is only just starting, with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-funded National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) initiative having signed agreements with 23 states to fund an additional 550 public EV charging stations in the near future. And EV chargers are also spreading more evenly across the country, which when combined with fast-improving battery tech is effectively making range anxiety obsolete. In this context, it’s not that surprising that American businesses are rapidly adopting EV chargers, with enterprises from U.S. Bank to Waffle House installing them at several locations recently. Even old-style gas stations are getting in on the action, with Shell, Enel, and Flying J outlets among those installing EV chargers in Q2 2024. America’s EV investments are starting to really pay off, launching an epic nationwide transport upgrade that’s delivering us life-saving cleaner air in the short term and a more stable climate in the long term! I urge you to sustain this progress by keeping the EV-boosting NEVI initiative fully funded! Thanks!