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How Challenging Is The Federal Used EV Incentive

Ford Mach-E and Chevy Bolt

Policy Environment for Used Electric Vehicle Incentives When the Inflation Reduction Act was drafted, it had multiple goals, which can be loosely summarized as promoting clean energy, reviving the domestic industrial base, and making clean … Read more

Dealers Hit The Brakes On EVs

Pollution

Proposed EPA Rules Amidst the current contretemps over Connecticut’s stalled efforts to adopt phase 2 of the California emissions standards, known as ACC II/ACT, which stand for Advanced Clean Cars II and Advanced Clean Truck, … Read more

Transfer Provision is Now Live

Fisker Ocean with solar roof

Fisker Ocean pictured above Transfer Provision Details The transfer provision is now in place for the federal incentive. This allows the buyer to transfer the tax credit to the seller and take the incentive as, … Read more

Signs of Life for Income-Limited Rebates

Trend of Rebates thru Nov 29, 2023

Above chart is the monthly rebate trend through November 29, 2023. Recent months tend to get restated higher in subsequent updates. LMI Program Focus The CHEAPR program has always had a focus on making an … Read more

Tesla Store Grand Opening at Mohegan Sun

Mohegan Sun President Jeff Hamilton cutting ribbon for Tesla store

Photo above – Mohegan Sun President Jeff Hamilton cuts the ribbon in front of the Tesla store Tesla Store Opens on Tribal Land It has been a long time coming. Finally, Connecticut consumers have a … Read more

EV Club 2023 – Year in Review

Daphne Dixon, Paul Wessel, Analiese Mione, Barry Kresch, Bruce Becker, Paul Braren at Northeast Electric Vehicle Summit at Hotel Marcel

  2023 was a notable year for the club as it produced a fully subscribed symposium and began a partnership with People’s Action for Clean Energy (PACE). Northeast Electrical Vehicle Symposium The EV Club produced … Read more

Banning The “Ban With No Plan” Is Not a Plan

Cars parked before the EV parade - EV C;lub CT

Global Temperature Rise is Already 1.2 degrees Celsius above baseline The reporting coming out of COP 28 is that the mean temperature is already 1.2 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial baseline and headed to exceed … Read more

Are You Ready for a Transfer?

Volvo SC 49 Recharge, Tesla Model Y

IRA Incentive Update – Transfer Provision Goes Into Effect in January A Tax Credit Becomes a Point of Sale Rebate The transfer provision of the federal IRA EV incentive is scheduled to go into effect … Read more

Eversource/UI Charging Incentives – Program Updates

New Webinars Announced for Program Updates The incentive program from the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) that is administered through the state’s two largest utilities, Eversource and United Illuminating gets evaluated every year. Since the … Read more