Florida plans to build air taxi pads using $200M intended for EV chargers

佛罗里达州计划挪用 2 亿美元电动汽车充电站资金，用于建设空中出租车起降点

In Brief Posted: 11:38 AM PDT · July 30, 2026 简讯发布时间：太平洋夏令时间 2026 年 7 月 30 日上午 11:38

Florida plans to build air taxi pads using $200M intended for EV chargers. Only one state boasts more EVs than Florida, but the state has fewer chargers per vehicle than the national average. Despite that, state officials have decided to redirect federal funding intended for EV charging to build out an electric air taxi network, according to a report from the Miami Herald. 佛罗里达州计划挪用 2 亿美元的电动汽车充电站资金，用于建设空中出租车起降点。尽管佛罗里达州的电动汽车保有量在全美排名第二，但该州平均每辆车拥有的充电桩数量却低于全国平均水平。据《迈阿密先驱报》报道，尽管如此，州政府官员仍决定将原本用于电动汽车充电的联邦资金，转而用于构建电动空中出租车网络。

Florida was awarded nearly $200 million under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program that is part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. But the state never spent the money, claiming that private companies have done a sufficient job building EV charging networks. The Florida Department of Transportation said it will instead use that money to build 32 landing pads with charging stations for electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, or eVTOLs. 作为《两党基础设施法案》的一部分，佛罗里达州曾获得近 2 亿美元的“国家电动汽车基础设施”（NEVI）项目资金。但该州一直未动用这笔钱，理由是私营企业在建设电动汽车充电网络方面已经做得足够好。佛罗里达州交通部表示，将转而利用这笔资金建设 32 个配备充电站的起降点，用于服务电动垂直起降飞行器（eVTOL）。

The market for eVTOLs remains nascent. While startups have been making strides toward production-ready aircraft, they’ve also started pivoting to defense applications. But the Florida DOT is hopeful that the small aircraft, which generally hold four to five passengers, will alleviate the state’s notorious traffic. eVTOL 市场仍处于萌芽阶段。虽然初创公司在实现飞行器量产方面取得了进展，但它们也已开始转向国防应用领域。不过，佛罗里达州交通部仍寄希望于这些通常可搭载四到五名乘客的小型飞行器，能够缓解该州臭名昭著的交通拥堵问题。

The NEVI program, under updated guidance from the Trump administration, allows states with “fully built out” EV charging corridors to reallocate the money toward “EV charging infrastructure on any public road or in other publicly accessible locations.” Other states like New York and North Carolina have used the funding to build chargers in communities, which allow renters and homeowners without assigned parking to charge EVs. Florida’s plan envisions landing pads and chargers for air taxis at places like golf courses, luxury apartment buildings, and airports, the Herald said. 根据特朗普政府更新的指导方针，NEVI 项目允许那些“已完全建成”电动汽车充电走廊的州，将资金重新分配用于“任何公共道路或其他公共场所的电动汽车充电基础设施”。纽约州和北卡罗来纳州等其他州已利用这笔资金在社区内建设充电桩，方便租房者和没有固定停车位的业主充电。《迈阿密先驱报》称，佛罗里达州的计划设想在如高尔夫球场、豪华公寓楼和机场等地建设空中出租车的起降点和充电设施。