BEV Registrations Move Ahead; PHEV Growth Soft In response to our standing Freedom of Information Act Request, the CT Department of Motor Vehicles has provided the EV Club with an updated file of EV registrations … Read more
Model 3 Receives International Interest The Westport Police Department has acquired a Tesla Model 3, which was announced by this blog on December 3rd, and via press release on December 10. It caused a bit … Read more
Rebates Are Down 81% Based on Early Data CHEAPR is the Connecticut EV purchase incentive program, administered by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP). As of October 15, DEEP lowered the incentive … Read more
2019 was a busy year! Westport Police Department The Westport Police Department is getting a Model 3 to be used as a patrol car. The club worked with Foti Koskinas, Chief of Police, providing information, … Read more
CHEAPR Update Connecticut Hydrogen and Electric Automobile Purchase Rebate, in case you were wondering, is what the acronym stands for. CHEAPR has been with us for a while now. It was passed in 2015 and … Read more
The Green Wheels Expo, one of many Drive Electric Week events being held around the country, had its strongest showing ever. Over 70 EV owners exhibited their vehicles, along with 7 dealers and Tesla who … Read more
An Active Time of Year for EV and Environmental Events National Drive Electric Week, Climate Action Week, and Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist from Sweden, all make this the time of year to move … Read more
Leadership Transition Club founder, Leo Cirino, has stepped down as club president. Leo was widely recognized for his tireless and effective advocacy for clean transportation and received multiple awards from area organizations. Leo will be … Read more
35% Increase in 2017 The number of plug-in vehicles registered in CT has grown by 35.1% in a comparison of 2 data points one year apart. The Westport Electric Car Club received an updated vehicle … Read more
The New Peak Oil There was a documentary film called “Collapse,” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2009 about a self-styled investigative journalist named Michael Ruppert who claims to have predicted the 2008 financial … Read more