January 14th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Tesla has adjusted its strategy in Connecticut. It has quietly dropped its appeal of the state's franchise dealer law and begun leasing cars at its service facility in Milford.
January 5th, 2020 | by Cynthia Shahan
When asked why he chose the Tesla Model 3, Police Chief Foti Koskinas says he "believes in being green." However, the car's unmatched performance for the money, its 5 star safety rating, and top-of-the-industry collision avoidance technology also played a factor
August 3rd, 2019 | by Matt Pressman
Tesla has many challenges to overcome. According to David Pogue (via Yahoo Finance), "It’s amazing that Tesla even exists. Before Tesla, the most recent successful American auto startup was Chrysler, over 90 years ago. Tesla has survived the first hard part: designing beautiful, fast, high-tech electric cars that a lot of people want and love. Now come all the other hard parts ... [including] getting permission to sell them."
June 6th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
Steady as she goes: Connecticut, aka the "Land of Steady Habits," seeks clean offshore wind energy to the tune of 2,000 megawatts by
May 3rd, 2019 | by NRDC
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states are working to clean up and modernize the region's transportation system, supported by groups like the Our Transportation Future coalition, which includes
March 22nd, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
Emissions from internal combustion engines are known to adversely impact air quality and human health, leading to approximately 53,000 premature deaths.[i] Such human health impacts come at a cost. As health care rates continue to climb, we should be looking for ways to proactively reduce these impacts
January 7th, 2019 | by Jake Richardson
Washington, D.C., Virginia, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont are working together to formulate a policy proposal to reduce transportation carbon emissions. The point of the collective effort is to reduce air pollution, improve transportation to underserved people and develop economic opportunities. The collaborators have a goal to generate the low-carbon regional policy in one year, after which they can decide if they are going to adopt it
December 26th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
Ørsted US Offshore Wind announced last week that its 200 megawatt (MW) Revolution Wind offshore wind farm off the coast of Connecticut has received approval from State regulators for its 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with two state utilities.
December 12th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
Good news, bad news for Tesla yesterday. China says it may soon lift the 40% tariff it imposed on cars imported from the US, and a judge in Connecticut has ruled the company is illegally selling cars at its store in Connecticut.
November 30th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
Moving forward with our monthly What Changed ... ? feature, below is a rundown of notable solar energy news — changed in the solar industry — during the month of November
November 18th, 2018 | by Jessica Feinleib
Connecticut state EV rebates have again changed dramatically and without warning
September 26th, 2018 | by Jake Richardson
The Connecticut Green Bank was established in 2011, and since then has been working to accelerate the deployment of clean energy. It has funded over $1 billion dollars in clean energy investments around the state of Connecticut. The bank's investments have resulted in an increase in private investments as well.
September 17th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
Need to travel between Hartford, Connecticut, and Boston, Massachusetts? Well, the only natural way to do so is in a Tesla. More eager to work, watch a movie, or sleep than drive on that trip? Well, then jump into a Tesla city-to-city ridesharing vehicle
September 16th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
New routes in the Tesla Shuttle network are opening up today as another Tesla Indie operator joins the network. The routes are focused on the NYC—Boston—Hartford metro areas
June 15th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
The State of Connecticut has this week approved 250 megawatts (MW) worth of renewable energy projects submitted to a recent Request for Proposals, including what will be the state's first offshore wind farm, the 200 MW Revolution Wind Project proposed by Deepwater Wind.
April 12th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
Bay State Wind, the joint venture between two offshore wind farms in the northeast of the United States has announced this week that it will commit to providing over $2 million in grants for research and programs aimed at protecting the region's fisheries and whale populations.
April 3rd, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
Global offshore wind leader Ørsted and Eversource, the largest energy provider in New England, have announced this week their intention to build Connecticut's first offshore wind farm, the 200 megawatt (MW) Constitution Wind project.
October 13th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
SunPower announced earlier this month that it had signed with True Green Capital Management to establish a $140 million portfolio of 50 MW worth of solar assets, of which the first 4.6 MW SunPower system is already currently under construction.
May 27th, 2017 | by Jose Pontes
After switching cars in the morning, leaving the Nissan Leaf and picking up the blue BMW i3 REx, we prepared for the trip to Connecticut. As there would be more than one car travelling, the smaller i3 would be the cargo van, so we filled it with three suitcases and other smaller bags
May 4th, 2017 | by Zachary Shahan
Our friends over at EV Volumes — a Silver Sponsor of our upcoming Cleantech Revolution Tour conference in Berlin+Wroclaw — recently shared some interesting state-specific electric car sales data with us. The most notable finding is clear enough in the following chart
