Techweb reported on February 11 that on Thursday local time, the U.S. government announced an investment plan for electric vehicle charging facilities, which will allocate nearly $5 billion to States to build thousands of electric vehicle charging stations within five years. Last November, the US Congress approved funding to States to build charging stations, which is also part of the $1 trillion infrastructure bill. The US government hopes to build more charging stations to keep Americans away from fuel vehicles and turn to electric vehicles. According to the plan, the U.S. government will allocate $615 million in 2022, but states must first submit construction plans and obtain federal approval. Pete Buttigieg, US Secretary of transportation, said: "we will not order states to do what they do, but we do need to ensure that their construction plans meet basic standards." Butijig believes that the United States faces different problems in deploying electric vehicle charging networks in rural and urban areas. "Deployment plans must vary from place to place, which is why we let states present plans to us, not vice versa," he said US President Biden hopes that by 2030, 50% of all new cars sold will be all electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles, and 500000 electric vehicle charging piles will be added. But Biden is not in favor of phasing out the sale of fuel vehicles by 2030. The U.S. government said in Thursday's guidance that states should give priority to investing in charging stations along Interstate highways. The plan also stipulates: "states should invest in the construction of DC fast charging piles, and each charging pile should have at least four interfaces, which can charge four electric vehicles at the same time; States should deploy an electric vehicle charging station every 50 miles along the interstate highway, and no more than 1 mile away from the highway." ； Federal investment will account for 80% of the charging cost of electric vehicles, and the rest will be filled by private or state funds. " At present, a bill that the Biden administration wants to pass is deadlocked in the US Congress. The bill aims to give each electric vehicle a tax credit of $7500, and an additional tax credit of $4500 if it is manufactured by UAW workers; If the battery is also made in the United States, an additional $500 tax credit will be added. The bill also raises the tax credit for used electric vehicles to $4000. In addition, the bill provides a 30% tax deduction for commercial electric vehicles, a $3.5 billion investment in the transformation of U.S. automobile factories and the establishment of electric vehicle production lines, and a $9 billion fund for the U.S. Postal Service and the federal government to purchase electric vehicles and charging stations. Us energy secretary Jennifer Granholm said the US government hoped to take this measure to "attract more charging companies to start here". (Xinhua News Agency)