Electric Vehicles

2020 Wraps With a Bang

2 Environmental Wins Conclude the Year 2020 is a year most of us will be happy to see in the rearview mirror. But the last couple of weeks have brought two wins that deserve to … Read more

2020 – A Lost Year for CHEAPR

CHEAPR Rebates Monthly Through Oct 2020

48% Month Over Month Drop in October Rebates Newly released data, updated with transactions through October 31, show a decline from September to October from 97 to 59 rebates. (The September number was restated and … Read more

Mustang goes Electric with Mach-E

Ford Mustang Mach-E

The Ford Motor Company bets the Mustang brand on the battery-electric Mustang Mach-E! Post by Larry Thompson The original Mustang was launched in 1964 at the World’s Fair in New York (pictured).  It had a … Read more

Polestar Visits Westport

Polestar 2

Polestar Test Drive Event A picture-perfect Indian summer day set the scene for an EV Club event sponsored by Manhattan Motors, the regional dealer for the new Polestar brand. Polestar is Volvo’s racing brand but … Read more

Electric Vehicles are Bipartisan

EVs as % of all vehicles by city with political registrations for cities with household income of $75,000 or greater

EV Incidence and Political Party Registrations by City As this is being written on Election Day, and with an enormous chasm between the environmental/climate change plans of the two presidential candidates, we thought it a … Read more

Polestar 2 Test Drive Event in Westport

Polestar 2 Coming to Westport

Polestar 2 to Spend an Afternoon in Westport for Test Drives A jazzy new entry in the luxury EV space, the Polestar 2, is being brought by Manhattan Motors to Westport on Saturday, November 7th … Read more

Aug CHEAPR and October Vote

CHEAPR rebates through August 2020

Few CHEAPR Rebates Given in August Another tepid, desultory, underwhelming (I’m running out of adjectives – feel free to help in the comments) month for the CHEAPR program with only 40 rebates given out and … Read more