1. https://chargingnear.me/stations/859-w-reserve-dr-kalispell-...
> US-82 in New Mexico: 190.4 miles, from where US-82 meets US-54 to Texas state line.
I see there's an "EV Go Electric" charging station at 404 Burro Ave in Cloudcroft.
There are apparently at least two charging stations in Artesia, according to https://www.dot.nm.gov/electrifying-new-mexico/?ev=charging&... and other sources.
Then there's the oddity of why that stretched stopped at the state line. It's not like there's a charger right on the border.
This administration illegally froze federal funding for programs that congress previously allocated to build these chargers... then when courts shut that down, they tried to change other requirements to make them impossible to meet... and then congress passed a budget to reallocate some of the funds.
I don't think we can blame just one administration on this...
> then build them in places where people can't afford EV cars?
The point of the program is to build a national charging infrastructure, not to put chargers in rich people's backyards. Rich people and rich neighborhoods already have chargers.
Poor rural areas are exactly the prime target for federal infrastructure funding. This is how the US built roads, telecom networks, etc, in these areas.
It was not expected that many would be built in the first year or two. The program had to be set up, states had to prepare proposals and apply for funding, some had to modify their laws to comply with federal requirements.
When 2024 rolled around many high-profile Republicans, including many Republicans in Congress, started blatantly lying about it on social media, saying that the money was all spent on the handful of charges that had been built at that point.
In February 2025 the Trump administration illegally froze this. In January 2026 a court ordered them to resume funding. They are still trying to find ways to effectively stop it, like a proposal to require all federally funded EV chargers to be 100% American made.