Supporting EV Showcases
Help Us Help You Promote Your EV Showcase Event and Get EV Owners to Exhibit As consumer interest in electric vehicles has increased, so too, has the number of EV showcases being held around the … Read more
Electric Vehicles
Fairfield First Responder EV Training
EV Owners Wanted for Fairfield First Responder Training The EV club has worked with the fire departments in Westport and Wilton in the past. The photo at the top is from Wilton. They have an … Read more
IRA EV Incentive – Alllll The Details
An Opportunity to Walk Through the Incentive Details This blog has written a number of posts about the new EV incentive since the legislation was enacted in August of 2022. We are now in the … Read more
Utility Incentive Program Updates
Restructured Residential Managed Charging Incentives For the first year of the program, there was one incentive program. This was a so-called demand-response (DR) program, where the EDCs would declare demand events during peak load periods … Read more
IRS Revises Body-Style Classifications for EV Incentives
Sanity Finally Reigns The body-style of an EV determines the MSRP cap for incentive eligibility. Sedans have an MSRP cap of $55,000 and SUVs, pickups, and vans can be eligible up to $80,000. MSRP is … Read more
Where Should I Buy An EV – 2023 Edition
Post by Barry Kresch CHEAPR as a Proxy for EV-Friendly Dealers It is not unusual for a consumer to reach out to us, usually after a bad sales experience, and ask if we can recommend … Read more
Connecticut EV Registrations Increase to 30,181
Based on new data released by the Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and the Department of Transportation, the number of electric vehicles on the road has increased to 30,181 up … Read more
IRA Incentives, Leases, and Batteries
EV Manufacturers/Dealers Offering Consumer EV Leases, Incentives Included This is a follow up to a post from January 5, when we first published about a surprising turn of events with respect to eligibility for the … Read more
November CHEAPR
New CHEAPR incentives to arrive this year Expansions to CHEAPR, courtesy of Public Act 22-25, passed by the legislature last year, effective as of July 2022, implemented piecemeal as they are built, will see the … Read more