EV ownership remains concentrated in Fairfield County. The county is home to 41% of all EVs registered in the state. EV Ownership by City It follows then that the cities with the highest EV ownership … Read more
BEV Registrations Move Ahead; PHEV Growth Soft In response to our standing Freedom of Information Act Request, the CT Department of Motor Vehicles has provided the EV Club with an updated file of EV registrations … Read more
Changes to CHEAPR Cause Rebates to Plummet and Bring Down Overall Results for CT In addition to the rebate data, we now have data for EV sales nationally and EV registrations in CT for the … Read more
EV Growth Slowed in 2019 We like to cheerlead as much as the next person, but the slow 2019 growth in the EV fleet in CT is not something over which to turn cartwheels. The … Read more
Changes to CHEAPR = large decline in rebates Club-member, Barry Kresch, penned an Op-Ed that was published in the Hartford Business Journal that discusses the early data regarding the impact of the way DEEP changed the parameters … Read more
Rebates Are Down 81% Based on Early Data CHEAPR is the Connecticut EV purchase incentive program, administered by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP). As of October 15, DEEP lowered the incentive … Read more
Sierra Club releases update of REV Up EV Shopper Study In 2016, the Sierra Club conducted a study where shoppers went to auto dealers to “shop” for an EV (though in some cases, it was … Read more
The Potential Impact of the Lower CHEAPR Price Cap Looking at the implication of the changes made to the CHEAPR rebate criteria on October 15, the lower price cap seems directly targeted at excluding the … Read more
EVs and Utility Service Area We received a file of zip codes served by each utility in CT, which we added into our EV Dashboard model. This map displays on the zip code level, which … Read more
Interactive EV Dashboard – July 2019 Update The Department of Motor Vehicles has released its semi-annual update of EV ownership in the State of Connecticut. The update is dated July 1. The DMV only publishes … Read more