Goodbye, Mt. Kisco, Sort Of
Tesla Leasing Customers Can Now Pick Up Their Vehicles in Milford A shout out to Rich from the Tesla Owners Club for announcing this update. Customers who lease a new Tesla will be picking up … Read more
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20 Level 2 Chargers Installed at Department of Transportation HQ
Photos by Paul Braren 20 EVSE L2 Chargers at DOT An EV charger installation at DOT headquarters in Newington is now open. The location is 2800 Berlin Turnpike. The 20 level 2 chargers are from … Read more
What The Consumer Needs To Know About The New Battery Rules
Photo above: Ford expects its Mustang Mach-E to qualify for half the incentive; Chevy expects the same for its Bolt. Battery Rules Issued January 1 came and went. The new federal incentives in the Inflation … Read more
It’s Magic
Tesla Debuts Combo Port to Accommodate CCS Charging The photo above, taken by Paul Braren at the Tesla Superchargers in Brewster, NY, displays the new Tesla “Magic Dock.” That is the hunk of plastic at … Read more
Big Charger Installation Underway in Westport
Update: 4/27/23 The installation of 12 chargers is complete, including Eversource installing transformers and the town wiring them to the charging units. They have not yet been turned on. We await word from the Town … 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
Rivian Guilty of “Pre-Crime”
Rivian Service Center Stalled By Dealership Lawsuit We’ve seen this movie before. In a replay of what we recently saw with Tesla, a lawsuit by an auto dealership has stalled the opening of a service … Read more
Leasing Loophole?
Can Leasing Be a Workaround for the IRA EV Incentive Restrictions? Post by Barry Kresch This notion was floated a while back and I dismissed it as a fringe theory. However, it seems to be … Read more
EV Club Look-back on 2022
2022 was an action-packed year as you can see below. But we wanted to begin by saying a big Thank You to all of our members and supporters. EV Evangelist Award Club president, Barry Kresch, was given … Read more
It’s January 2023 – Do You Know Where Your EV Incentives Are?
Inflation Reduction Act Incentives Officially Begin – But Which Cars Qualify? It is anticipated that consumer confusion will ensue with the advent of the new incentives. Not only have they become a lot more complicated, … Read more