Tennessee's Department of Transportation is hopeful that new federal guidance will allow the department to move forward with electric vehicle charger contracts that have been on hold for six months since President Donald Trump froze a federal grant program. (Stock photo by Master via Getty Images)

A Tennessee department head is hopeful that new guidance for a federal program supporting the growth of electric vehicle charging networks may ultimately allow the state to proceed with $21 million in contracts that have been frozen since February.

The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program (NEVI) allocated $88 million to Tennessee over five years to fund EV charger installation along major interstates and Hwy. 64, which runs from Memphis to Pelham roughly along Tennessee’s southern b

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