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
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CHEAPR Update April 2022
Treading Water – Awaiting New Program Implementation The data for April have been posted, a low number of 51 rebates. We are in a holding pattern at this point as we await the particulars of … Read more
Direct Sales Bill Passes Out of Committee
SB-214 Passes with 21 Votes SB-214 has passed the Transportation Committee by a vote of 21-14. To see how individual members voted, check out the tally on the committee website. Legislators are offered time to … Read more
Westport Directive To Purchase EVs
A Directive to Consider Vehicle Emissions Prior to Acquiring a Vehicle Westport has been a leader in electric vehicle acquisition, both in terms of its residents making it the number one Connecticut city in EVs … Read more
Registering for Utility Incentives Via Telematics – Latest Update
EV Club Follow Up with Eversource and UI This post concerns vehicles with telematics. Telematics is where the utility is able to communicate directly with the vehicle, as opposed to a smart charger, the latter … Read more
Rapid Acceleration of EV Adoption Needed to Meet State’s Goal
Time to Get Moving There have been any number of data-focused posts on this blog tracking the details of EV adoption in our state, not to mention references to the goals the state has set … Read more
Changes Coming to CHEAPR?
Help Needed to Remedy Persistently Low Rebate Levels As can be seen in the chart at the top, the rebate count for January was exceedingly low with only 40 rebates, just over half of the … Read more
2021 CHEAPR Wrap
CHEAPR Quietly Finishes a Quiet Year We can begin with the good news: 2021 was an improvement over 2020, though that is a low bar. Otherwise, meh. There were 90 rebates awarded and $110,250 expended … Read more
EV Registrations up 55% in 2021
Recovery Induced Rebound in EV Sales After a truly dismal, pandemic-influenced 2020, where EV registrations increased by an anemic 18.2%, there has been a rebound in 2021 to an increase of 54.9%. CT now has … Read more
PURA and United Illuminating to Review New EV Charging Incentives with Club
Post by Barry Kresch All are welcome to our virtual meeting on January 25th at 7 PM to hear and ask questions about the new incentive program for EV charging to be offered by the … Read more