In May 2025, Sierra Club filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful freeze of the $5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. The NEVI program, created by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, is a transformative initiative intended to build the backbone of an EV fast charging network along America’s highways, enabling long-distance EV travel across the country.
On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, we received excellent news. United States District Court Judge Tana Lin for the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Washington issued a preliminary injunction lifting the Trump administration’s unlawful freeze of federal funding for the NEVI Program. Judge Lin’s injunction unfreezes roughly $1 billion in funds for 14 states that have challenged the Trump administration’s NEVI freeze.
This is only the first step. Our aim is to secure the nationwide restoration of NEVI funds—an outcome Sierra Club is uniquely positioned to advance through the strength of our engaged membership across the country. Our lawsuit is supported by more than 50 declarations detailing how the NEVI freeze is harming our members and the communities we represent across the country, including 36 declarations from Sierra Club members documenting real-world, on-the-ground impacts.
Sierra Club is represented in this case by lead counsel and Senior Attorney Joe Halso, Senior Attorney Josh Berman, and Managing Attorney Josh Stebbins.