Further $500 Reduction on Hold As far back as last year, when DEEP reduced the standard purchase incentive for a BEV from $2250 to $1500 (which took effect on January 1 of this year), the … Read more
Record Year for Rebates But The Program May Be Charting a Change of Course The CT EV purchase incentive program awarded 6541 incentives in 2024. The chart at the top shows the monthly trend. Below … Read more
Post by Barry Kresch Way back in 2015, The New York Times published a story entitled, “A Car Dealers Won’t Sell: It’s Electric.” 2015 is a long time ago in EV years, but are we … Read more
New Rebate Schedule, Effective January 1, 2025. Standard Rebates Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) – $1500 Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) – $750 Income-Limited Rebate (Rebate+) BEV New – $4500 BEV Used – $5000 PHEV New – $1125 … Read more
Program Changes for 2025 Have Been Announced Rebates have been running hot for this program for the past couple of years as can be seen in the graph. It has gotten to the point that … Read more
post by Barry Kresch CT Roundtable for Climate and Jobs Panel The CT Roundtable for Climate and Jobs recently hosted a virtual event entitled “Transportation Infrastructure and Electric Vehicles in Connecticut.” I was one of … Read more
CHEAPR Program Running Hot The program has been setting records in terms of rebates awarded with each new month. January 2024 was a new high point with 708 rebates as seen in the chart at … Read more
Post by Barry Kresch Can You Recommend a Dealership? It is a common query we get. A consumer is shopping for an EV that isn’t a Tesla, Rivian, or Lucid. Maybe they had a poor … Read more
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
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