Why is Massachusetts sitting on $64M in EV-charger funding?

Published on June 8, 2026

For all the concern about lost federal funding courtesy of the Republican trifecta in Washington, Massachusetts still has not deployed a single electric vehicle charger through a Biden-era program that President Donald Trump has left intact. The Bay State is sitting on the roughly $64 million it was awarded through…

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