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Governor Lamont Meets with EV Club

Gov Lamont and EV Club Leadership Team

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

Where The EVs Are – July 2021

Map EVs by City Zoomed In

Fairfield County is Home to 41% of EVs 7023 of 17,217 EVs in the state are registered in Fairfield County. The map at the top of the post shows the distribution of EVs across cities. … Read more

EV Make and Model Movers

Trend by EV Make in CT, July 2021

Post by Barry Kresch Tesla Continues to Lap the Field The chart at the top of the post shows the trend of all EV makes and shows net registrations at each point in time. It … Read more

Mid-Year 2021 Dashboard Update

Trend of registered EVs in CT

July 1 EV Registration Data Post by Barry Kresch Overall Trends Following an earlier blog post updating topline registration data, I have now been through the details and will cover them over the course of … Read more

Call for EV Owners for Electric Car Guest Drive

Polestar 2

Get Paid for Sharing Your EV Enthusiasm A lifetime ago (okay, 2 years) in pre-pandemic days, the club participated in several EV ride and drive events, called Electric Car Guest Drive, staged by the publisher … Read more

Time for Ludicrous Mode

Cumulative Savings in the Tesla ZEV Scenario

Post by Barry Kresch An Opportunity for Large Cuts in Emissions Along With Major Budgetary Savings. When the Westport Police were doing their diligence in advance of the purchase of a Tesla Model 3 for … Read more

CHEAPR Does Double Duty

CHEAPR Rebates Thru June 2021

2 Rebates per Licensed Driver That is the double-duty reference. A major, and welcome, change is that drivers can get the rebate twice, as opposed to the previous limit of once. There has to be … Read more

Webinar – EV Purchase incentives and Free Charging

How to Save Money on an EV and Get Free Charging

EV Purchase Incentives, EVSE (charging equipment) Subsidies, Free Charging This past Tuesday, July 27th, the EV Club presented a webinar jointly sponsored with Sustainne, LLC, Sustainable Westport, and the Town of Westport on how to … Read more

New EV Rate Design Released by PURA

PURA EV Rate Design EVSE Incentives

Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) Directs Utilities to Offer EV Charging Incentives The final rate design adjudication was released on July 14th. Even though it is the final version, it actually isn’t quite final yet. … Read more

New EV Rate Design – Final Adjudication from PURA

PURA EV Rate Design

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has released the final version of the EV Rate Design This program provides incentives for off-peak and managed charging, subsidies for EV chargers, and make-ready (bringing the electricity to where … Read more