Dozens of new fast EV chargers are coming to Connecticut

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There’s a steady stream of good news about EV charging in some US states. In Connecticut, Navy funding will be used to install dozens of new ones Fast charging ports. “The state is now finalizing $5.4 million in grant agreements for nine charging stations selected last year, including one site each in Meriden, Hartford, Wellington, Waterbury and Putnam, and two each in Plainfield and New Milford,” DOT spokesman Josh Morgan said. CT Internal writes

One of the most helpful requirements for installing new fast chargers is that when they are located along “alternative fuel corridors,” they must be no more than 50 miles apart. Every EV has a range greater than this distance, but this is considered a good distance that will help EV drivers when they are driving long distances and not leave them in a difficult situation.

Some will complain that the EV doesn’t have enough range. Others will complain that there aren’t enough public chargers. When new chargers are installed, they complain that the number of new chargers is too few. The complaint appears to be based in part on emotion rather than rational facts, as the complainers may not actually understand the availability of EV technology or public charging.

The process of expanding EV charging infrastructure is not immediate. It is also not uniform. California is Over 200,000 Charging ports while other states are relatively few.

About Connecticut 67,000 registered EVs So far, while California has a lot more. “Californians have now purchased a total of 2,468,158 new Zeuses.”

There are about Connecticut has 4,455 publicly available EV charging ports, along with about 740 fast chargers.

Under the influence of a gas station in Connecticut shrinking. The number of gas stations in Connecticut has already dropped by more than half, from a peak of more than 2,500 stations in the 1980s to 1,156, according to Fox’s latest count.

One of the common and incorrect complaints about electric vehicles is that they cost too much, when in fact, there are cheaper electric vehicles – both new and used.

There is one in Connecticut Richest states In America, it doesn’t make much sense to complain about EV costs, does it?

In particular, when the public discovers the new Nissan Leaf, the new Chevy Bolt, and the Chevy Equinox EV are all affordable and cost less than most gas vehicles, they may actually make the jump to EVs. When they do, they can save money because electricity costs less than gasoline and the total cost of ownership for EVs can be lower than gas and diesel vehicles.

Of course, there’s also a used EV market that offers lower prices than new EVs offer.