A group representing automakers and electric vehicle charging companies on Friday urged the U.S. Transportation Department to quickly restart a $5 billion government EV infrastructure program.

States trying to build a network of EV chargers are reeling after the Trump administration abruptly ordered a halt to a $5 billion program to build the chargers on highways nationwide.

The Federal Highway Administration on Thursday announced the suspension of a Biden-era electric vehicle charging network, the latest in a series of moves by the Trump administration to gut their