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Take Action: Tell Congress to Protect America’s Charging Infrastructure and Stop the Unfair EV Tax

This weekend, the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee released its text of the surface transportation reauthorization bill, also known as the highway bill.

As it stands, the bill text would not reauthorize funding for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, which provides essential funding to build the backbone of the nation’s public electric vehicle (EV) charging network.

The proposed text also imposes a new $130 annual EV tax, which would increase to $150 over time, requiring EV drivers to pay more into the Highway Trust Fund than most internal combustion engine vehicle drivers.

Additionally, the bill text substantially limits the Charging & Fueling Infrastructure program, folding it into another existing program—the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) program—and reducing its funding by approximately $1.5 billion. The bill text would also repeal the Reduction of Truck Emissions at Port Facilities program and the Carbon Reduction Program.

Your voice is important! Contact your members of Congress and tell them: Don’t tax the future. Fix transportation funding the right way!

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Amy Malaki

Amy Malaki is the head of policy and sustainability at SkyNRG and SkyNRG Americas, pioneering global leaders in sustainable aviation fuel production and supply. Prior to SkyNRG, Amy was the associate director for the transportation portfolio at the ClimateWorks Foundation where she developed philanthropic investment strategies to advance a sustainable, equitable and low-carbon mobility system. She also pioneered the organization’s international aviation decarbonization strategy. Prior to that she focused on Asia business development at Better Place, a Silicon Valley electric vehicle network startup. She has a B.A. in Chinese and China studies from the University of Washington and an M.A. in international policy studies (energy and environment) from Stanford University.