National Drive Electric Week Events
A Selection of NDEW Events in CT National Drive Electric Week is soon to be in full swing with a range of events throughout the state. This is in marked contrast to last year when … Read more
Electric Vehicles
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
Where The EVs Are – July 2021
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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