Rural New England needs EV chargers to keep tourism revenue flowing. The Trump administration is making it harder to build them.

Federal Highway Administration suspends $5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program.

New Hampshire's slow approach to building public EV infrastructure could cost the state more than $1.4 billion in tourism revenue by 2031 , study found.

The region that will be hardest hit is the White Mountains , which is projected to lose $353 million .

A tourism impact study found that 4 in 10 EV drivers and would-be tourists might not travel to the state due to “inadequate” charging infrastructure.

The study found a shortfall of $1.4 billion in cumulative revenue could hit the state’s economy by 2031 .

Massachusetts sends the most visitors to New Hampshire of any place of origin, and in the winter , roughly half of all skiers come from the Bay State .

Monadnock Food Co-op installed the chargers with the help of state funding in the spring of 2024 .

The approximately $233,000 project was financed by New Hampshire’s $30.9 million share of the Volkswagen Mitigation Trust .

“You build it, and they will come,” said James Penfold , director of eMobility Solutions at ReVision Energy , the solar and EV charger installation company.