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Biden admin snubs Tesla’s $100 million big-rig charging funding request — again


The Department of Transportation announced Friday another $636 million in funding that will be awarded to 49 applicants for electric vehicle charging

Tesla’s name was not among the list of recipients released, and its partner on the project, California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District, confirmed to TechCrunch the company had applied for this round. At the time, the company was hoping to use that funding, along with $24 million of its own money, to build nine electric semi-truck charging stations between its former headquarters in northern California to the southern border of Texas. He previously worked at The Verge, where he also covered consumer technology, hosted many short- and long-form videos, performed product and editorial photography, and once nearly passed out in a Red Bull Air Race plane.

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