Contact: Noah Barnes, Electrification Coalition
noah@electrification.org, (202) 461-2371
WASHINGTON—The Electrification Coalition’s (EC) mission has long centered on the need to electrify U.S. transportation to reduce the economic and national security impacts of oil dependence. It is critical that there is bipartisan cooperation and leadership commitment to electric transportation in the development of the surface transportation reauthorization bill. Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla and Representative Sharice Davids sent a letter signed by 88 lawmakers to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, highlighting the important opportunity ahead as work on the surface transportation reauthorization bill gets underway.
The benefits of transportation electrification should be bipartisan—EVs create hundreds of thousands of good jobs, strengthen our economy, ensure the American automotive industry remains competitive against China, and create demand for the critical minerals and batteries vital to U.S. defense. Programs like the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) grants, and the Low or No Emission Grant Program (Low-No) expand consumer choice, reduce costs, and strengthen U.S. leadership in transportation technology. These programs have already delivered significant benefits, including job creation and domestic manufacturing growth.
EC Executive Director Ben Prochazka issued the following statement:
“The Electrification Coalition encourages the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to maintain critical investments in electric vehicles and charging infrastructure in the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization. These critical investments to accelerate electrification will ensure the United States can diversify how we power our transportation future and provide important momentum as we compete for the domestic and global future of the automotive sector. Programs like NEVI, CFI, and Low-No have already delivered tangible benefits—expanding consumer choice, diversifying and leveraging our domestic energy for transportation, reducing costs, and creating hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs across the country.
“Further rollbacks to these investments would not only undermine years of bipartisan progress but could also jeopardize U.S. competitiveness in the global economy. Since 2022, more than $200 billion has been invested in domestic EV manufacturing capacity, creating over 160,000 jobs in charging infrastructure alone. These gains are critical for American workers and for our leadership in transportation innovation.
“We urge Congress to maintain the spirit of cooperation that has always defined surface transportation legislation and ensure that the reauthorization process strengthens—not weakens—the foundation for a more resilient domestically powered transportation system.”
Read the EC’s surface transportation reauthorization priorities.
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About the Electrification Coalition: The Electrification Coalition is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that promotes policies and actions to facilitate the widespread adoption of plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) on a mass scale to overcome the economic, public health and national security challenges that stem from America’s dependence on oil. ElectrificationCoalition.org