Dealership Data Request The club regularly gets requests for dealer recommendations. Usually, this follows a poor dealership experience. We have an informal list of some dealers that have been recommended by members, but it is … Read more
EVs are not uniformly distributed across the state Fairfield County has consistently tracked at around 40% of EVs in the state and is 41% in this July 1, 2020 iteration. This compares with its having … Read more
Fuel Type Trend The mid-year 2020 update for the interactive EV Dashboard has been published. The relatively strong performance for BEVs contrasts with the change for PHEVs, which increased only 1% over the past 12 … Read more
CHEAPR Rebates Continue to Crawl – Revised Guidelines Needed UPDATE: CHEAPR Board Meeting Scheduled for July 17th. CHEAPR recently published updated stats through May 30. The recent trend continues. May rebates totaled 25. The breakdown … Read more
Rebates at Lowest Level Ever The lowest number of monthly rebates since its inception has been awarded by CHEAPR in April 2020, a not so grand total of 13, down from 90 in March. There … Read more
The photo above of the Hartford area air quality, with readings of zero, means that in order to have cleaner air, you’d have to live on the moon. Air quality was already hugely improved as … Read more
First Quarter Sales Results Were Terrible for the Industry, but a Sliver of a Silver Lining for EVs The first-quarter economic data were just released and as bad as expected (GDP down 4.8%) with worse … Read more
Coronavirus has given us clean air. EVs could, too. The photo above is from PurpleAir, which is a WiFi-connected, networked, sensor. The date is April 11, 2020. Individuals can buy these and the results are … Read more
CHEAPR Rebates – The Doldrums Continue Given the after-effects of the change in rebate parameters, the numbers seen in the graph were not a surprise. This information dates through the end of February, which is … Read more
Updated Track of CHEAPR Rebates – Data through 1/31/20 We have been keeping watch on rebate activity since the most recent change made to the CHEAPR rebate parameters, which lowered both incentives and price cap. … Read more