The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), the federal agency responsible for managing government-owned buildings, plans to shut down its entire network of electric vehicle (EV) chargers, The Verge reported on Saturday.
The GSA oversees a network of hundreds of EV charging stations with a total of 8,000 plugs, which are used to charge government-owned vehicles and those of federal employees.
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According to a source cited by The Verge, federal workers are expected to receive guidance next week instructing them to take the chargers offline. Some regional offices have reportedly already begun shutting down their charging stations.
Earlier this week, Colorado Public Radio obtained an internal email stating that charging stations at the Denver Federal Center would be deactivated, as they are “not mission critical.”
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The move comes amid broader policy shifts under former President Donald Trump’s administration, which has sought to reduce the size of federal agencies and roll back support for renewable energy initiatives. This includes cuts to an EV charging infrastructure program that previously provided significant funding to companies such as Tesla.