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Proposed CT Bill Would Ban EV Parking Indoors

CGA SB 343 The Connecticut General Assembly has raised a bill, SB 343, that proposes to “prohibit parking electric vehicles in parking garages.” This applies to residential and commercial garages. It is part of a … Read more

Dealers Hit The Brakes On EVs

Pollution

Proposed EPA Rules Amidst the current contretemps over Connecticut’s stalled efforts to adopt phase 2 of the California emissions standards, known as ACC II/ACT, which stand for Advanced Clean Cars II and Advanced Clean Truck, … Read more

Connecticut Deserves Clean Air

Boy with Inhaler - We Need Clean Air

Advanced Clean Cars II Campaign The bureaucratic term of art for the air quality in Connecticut is non-compliant. Yes, it’s dirty. We do not meet the requirements of the EPA clean air rules. Transportation is … Read more

EV Club 2023 – Year in Review

Daphne Dixon, Paul Wessel, Analiese Mione, Barry Kresch, Bruce Becker, Paul Braren

  2023 was a notable year for the club as it produced a fully subscribed symposium and began a partnership with People’s Action for Clean Energy (PACE). Northeast Electrical Vehicle Symposium The EV Club produced … Read more

Banning The “Ban With No Plan” Is Not a Plan

Cars parked before the EV parade - EV C;lub CT

Global Temperature Rise is Already 1.2 degrees Celsius above baseline The reporting coming out of COP 28 is that the mean temperature is already 1.2 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial baseline and headed to exceed … Read more

Advanced Clean Cars II – Advocacy Alert

Global Mean September Temperature - Source: NASA

Advocacy Alert: Reach Out To The Legislators on the ACC II Legislative Review Committee Contact information is provided at the end of this post. What follows is a not so brief background that could easily … Read more

Northeast Electric Vehicle Symposium Recap

Daphne Dixon, Paul Wessel, Analiese Mione, Barry Kresch, Bruce Becker, Paul Braren

Photo at top taken under one of the solar canopies at the Hotel Marcel with the building in the background, from left to right: Daphne Dixon – Live Green CT, Paul Wessel – Greater New … Read more

Northeast Electric Vehicle Symposium (NEEVS)

Hotel Marcel New Haven and electric shuttle van with solar canopy and level 2 EV chargers.

The Symposium is Sold Out – People Can Still Come for the Car Show Get charged up at NEEVS, the ultimate gathering for EV enthusiasts, policy wonks, and all who seek cutting edge guidance on … Read more

Rivian Guilty of “Pre-Crime”

Rivian R1S

Rivian Service Center Stalled By Dealership Lawsuit We’ve seen this movie before. In a replay of what we recently saw with Tesla, a lawsuit by an auto dealership has stalled the opening of a service … Read more