Are We There Yet?
What Is the Progress Toward the Goal in the ZEV Plan This has been quite a year for EVs – a major revamp of the federal incentive, an improved CT CHEAPR program, utility incentives for … Read more
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Not So Fast
CHEAPR Rebates Dip in September It looked like we were on a roll with rebates having risen from 59 in June to 93 (implementation of higher MSRP cap) in July to 136 in August (restated … Read more
EV Club Supplies Vehicles for Wilton First Responder Training
EV Training for Wilton Fire Department First Responders There are 25,444 EVs in registered in the state out of roughly 2.2 million passenger vehicles but all signs point to an accelerating rate of adoption, especially … Read more
Signs of Life for CHEAPR
Rebates Increase Due to Higher MSRP Cap CHEAPR rebates rose to 115 in August, and July was restated to 92, up from 57 in June and the low point for this year in February of … Read more
Tesla Still Driving EV Adoption
Registered EVs by Make The pace of new EV model introductions has dramatically increased over the past year, but it is still Tesla that is driving the largest share of adoption. In other words, Tesla … Read more
Rivian Deliveries Coming to CT
Shiny new R1T on a Rainy Day. The photo above is of Analiese Mione, a member of the EV Club CT Leadership Team and one of the earliest Rivian R1T preorder holders. She was all … Read more
Telematics Update
Telematics Phantom Drain Issues Fixed by Eversource Some EV owners who are interested in participated in the Eversource and UI (collectively, the EDCs) demand/response charging incentives, but do not have/don’t plan to get an approved … Read more
CHEAPR July 2022 Update
New CHEAPR, Though Still A Slow Pace of Rebates There were 57 CHEAPR rebates awarded in July, the first month where the higher MSRP cap, now $50,000, was in effect. This was the same number … Read more
Electric Car Guest Drive Returns in September
Share Your EV Knowledge and Get Paid The Electric Car Guest Drive program that is run by the publisher of Electric Car Insider is returning to this general area with 2 September dates, the 23rd … Read more
Federal EVSE Credit Returns
Post by Barry Kresch Tax Credit for Purchase and Installation of an EV Charger The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act has amended US Code 26, Section 30C to reinstate a tax credit for the purchase … Read more