Federal EV Tax Credit
Federal Tax Credit There is a Federal tax credit of up to $7500 for the purchase of a plug-in vehicle. The amount of the credit depends on the size of the battery. This tax credit originated in … Read more
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2017: The Vehicles
EV Landscape This is the first of several posts that will discuss the EV landscape from the perspective of the directions in vehicle production, the Federal tax credit, the latest with respect to efforts on … Read more
National Electric Drive Week Event in Fairfield
National Drive Electric Week The 2017 Drive Electric Week is coming up next month (September 9-17) and will be celebrated locally with an event in Fairfield on Saturday, September 9 from 10 AM to 2 … Read more
Interactive Dashboard, Part Deux: Westport Has Highest Incidence of EVs of all CT Cities
Interactive EV Dashboard We have added a page to the CT EV interactive dashboard so that it now shows plug-in vehicles per capita by city and plug-ins as a percentage of all vehicles registered in … Read more
The State of the State of EVs in Connecticut
EV Ownership Deep Dive in CT Sales of EVs nationally have continued on an upward slope in 2017, up 44% year over year for the first 5 months relative to 2016. And the availability of … Read more
2017 EV Road Rally
2017 EV Rally Our 2017 EV Road Rally was enjoyed by all participants this past Sunday, May 7. The rally covered roughly 30 miles, beginning and ending at the Westport/Saugatuck Metro-North Train Depot with a … Read more
Tesla Direct Sales in CT
“Tesla Bill” The “Tesla Bill” is again before the state legislature. The official moniker is HB 7097. This bill would create a carve-out from the existing dealer laws that would permit Tesla (or other similarly … Read more
2017 EV Road Rally – and Bikes!
5th Annual EV Road Rally The 5th annual Westport Electric Car Club EV Road Rally will include electric bikes courtesy of an arrangement with Pedego Electric Bikes of Norwalk. In past years a number of newly … Read more
Tesla Speaks to Westport Electric Car Club About Selling Direct in CT
Tesla Direct Sales A crowd of 50+ electric vehicle (EV) enthusiast attendees filled the showroom at Dragone Classic Motors in Westport for a meeting of the Westport Electric Car Club (WECC) to hear remarks from … Read more
Tesla to Speak at April 14 Westport Electric Car Club Meeting
Tesla push for direct sales in CT Will Nicholas, Government Relations Manager for Tesla Motors will be speaking at the WECC meeting on April 14. DATE: APRIL 14, 2016 TIME: 5:30 PM LOCATION: DRAGONE CLASSIC CARS SHOWROOM, … Read more