Texas delays vote on tying EV charging funds To Tesla’s NACS
In Texas, Reuters reported that the Government of Texas again deferred a vote on grants of federal funds to build electric vehicle chargers to August 16 amid pushback from some charging companies over its plan to include Tesla’s technology in charging stations.
The report stated that a spokesperson at Texas’ department of transportation confirmed that the issue was removed from the agency’s July agenda “at the discretion of the commissioners” but said the agenda for the August meeting had not been finalized.
On June 21, Texas had announced plans to mandate EV charging companies to include Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) alongside the US standard Combined Charging System (CCS) if they wanted to have access to federal funds as part of a program to electrify highways.
However, EV charger makers and operators including ChargePoint, FLO, ABB, FreeWire, and EVBox, criticized the plan, stating that the initiative was “premature”
