Volunteers for Sierra Club EV Shopper Study
Volunteers Needed For Sierra Club Rev Up EV Shopper Study, Round 3 The Sierra Club is fielding a third round of its Rev Up EV Shopper Study and is asking for help from the EV … Read more
Advocacy
Direct Sales Bill Is Not Being Called for a Vote
Bill Stalled in the Senate CT News Junkie is reporting that SB 214 will not be called for a vote in the Senate. This bill is also referred to by opponents, pejoratively, as the “Tesla … Read more
Direct Sales Bill Passes Out of Committee
SB-214 Passes with 21 Votes SB-214 has passed the Transportation Committee by a vote of 21-14. To see how individual members voted, check out the tally on the committee website. Legislators are offered time to … Read more
The Tribulations of Buying An EV From A Dealership – Lived Experience
This is an email that was sent to the EV Club on March 9, 2022 by a member, Svetlana Wasserman, from Greenwich. It is the text of a letter that she sent to her CT … Read more
Changes Coming to CHEAPR?
Help Needed to Remedy Persistently Low Rebate Levels As can be seen in the chart at the top, the rebate count for January was exceedingly low with only 40 rebates, just over half of the … Read more
If You Want To Get a Tesla in Connecticut, Go to Hertz
Post by Barry Kresch Photo: EV Club members with a pre-production Rivian R1T Consumers Must Leave the State to Buy an EV Not Sold Through a Dealership If a consumer wants to go electric and … Read more
Looking Back, Moving Forward
Looking in the Rearview Camera Back Over a Busy 2021 As the year winds to a close, we take this opportunity to give our sincere thanks to all who have joined us for our meetings, … Read more
Governor Lamont Meets with EV Club
The photo above shows the governor meeting with Bruce Becker, Analiese Paik, and Barry Kresch of the EV Club of CT. This was a meeting about how the environmental community can more effectively mobilize to … Read more
Direct Sales Went Up in Smoke
Photo: Barry Kresch A direct sales bill did pass the legislature, just not the one we wanted. Connecticut residents now can buy pot, but not a Tesla. Emerging from the smoke, we can see for the … Read more
CT Clean Transportation Future Panel
Two members of EV Club leadership team to participate in a panel organized by Save the Sound There is a panel (free registration) scheduled for Friday, May 21st at 12:00 PM, lasting for about an … Read more