Changes Coming to CHEAPR?
Help Needed to Remedy Persistently Low Rebate Levels As can be seen in the chart at the top, the rebate count for January was exceedingly low with only 40 rebates, just over half of the … Read more
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If You Want To Get a Tesla in Connecticut, Go to Hertz
Post by Barry Kresch Photo: EV Club members with a pre-production Rivian R1T Consumers Must Leave the State to Buy an EV Not Sold Through a Dealership If a consumer wants to go electric and … Read more
Webinars Scheduled for EV Charging Incentive Information
EV Charging Incentive Webinars Eversource and United Illuminating are doing a series of webinars about the new incentives, the first of them only hours from this posting. They will cover similar ground as the session … Read more
Utility Charging Incentive Follow Up
We have been following up with the utilities on some of the outstanding questions. These are some specific items that came up at the meeting where the information was not available or incomplete. These are … Read more
Where The EVs are – Jan 2022 Edition
Barry Kresch 41% of CT EVs in Fairfield County Hartford and New Haven Counties make up the bulk of the rest. When filtered for BEVs, there is even more of a Fairfield County skew. % … Read more
Profile of Electric Vehicles in CT
Barry Kresch Interactive EV Dashboard – EV Adoption in Connecticut Note: These data are obtained via a Freedom of Information Act Request from the Department of Motor Vehicles. The data are registrations, not sales, and … Read more
Where Should You Buy an EV
The top photo, is a panoramic shot taken by Dawn Henry at our Green Wheels EV Parade and Showcase, showing some of the breadth of EVs on the market, though not all of them are … Read more
2021 CHEAPR Wrap
CHEAPR Quietly Finishes a Quiet Year We can begin with the good news: 2021 was an improvement over 2020, though that is a low bar. Otherwise, meh. There were 90 rebates awarded and $110,250 expended … Read more
Recap of EV Charging Incentive Meeting
EV Charging Incentives Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) and United Illuminating presented virtually on Jan. 25th. The program took effect on Jan 1, 2022. It includes residential, commercial, workplace, and fleet incentives. There are a … Read more
8944 Teslas Now Registered In CT
Post by Barry Kresch Tesla Remains Leading EV Make by a Large Margin In New DMV Data The new data, taking us through the end of 2021 have arrived from the DMV. It will take … Read more