Northeast Electric Vehicle Symposium (NEEVS)

Hotel Marcel New Haven and electric shuttle van with solar canopy and level 2 EV chargers.

The Symposium is Sold Out – People Can Still Come for the Car Show Get charged up at NEEVS, the ultimate gathering for EV enthusiasts, policy wonks, and all who seek cutting edge guidance on … Read more

Delaware Gets Direct Sales; Not So Connecticut

Rivian R1S

Post by Barry Kresch The Direct Sales Morgue is Enlarged By One More Year as Bill Dies in Committee As the legislative session inches towards its conclusion on June 7th, we have been through another … Read more

CHEAPR – Edging Closer

CHEAPR Rebates thru February 2023

Updates on CHEAPR Implementation Almost one year ago, SB-4 was voted into law as Public Act 22-25, an environmental omnibus that made extensive changes to CHEAPR, the state EV purchase incentive program. The easiest change, … Read more

Utility Incentive Program Updates

Electrify America Charger at Trumbull Mall

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 R1S

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?

Hyundai Ioniq 5

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

How Not to Implement Policy

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

Post by Barry Kresch Summary of Comments Submitted to the IRS for IRA EV Incentive The EV Club has partnered with the Electric Vehicle Association to author comments for the in-process IRS rule-making regarding the … Read more