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Electric vehicles have been a hot topic in Connecticut over the last year. The legislature will soon vote on a bill that would create a roadmap to an electric future. WSHU’s Sabrina Garone and Molly Ingram discussed Connecticut’s long history with EVs.
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The bill would create an Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Coordinating Council — a working council to explore the state’s options as they promote electric vehicle sales to slow greenhouse gas emissions. GOP leaders worry it will become an EV mandate.
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Connecticut lawmakers are at odds over a bill that would begin to strengthen the state’s electric vehicle infrastructure. Republicans say the proposal is an EV mandate in disguise — Democrats disagree.
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Gov. Ned Lamont said the measure, drafted as a compromise to a proposed phase-out of most gas-powered vehicles, was a "nothing-burger."
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A state initiative being rolled out in New York is supplying funding to support school districts transitioning from diesel to electric school buses. Officials say the program could supercharge the state’s goal to achieve 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
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Republican lawmakers and school officials rallied on Sunday outside of a Levittown school bus yard in opposition to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mandate requiring all new buses purchased to be zero-emission, electric buses by 2027.
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At an environmental summit hosted by the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters on Tuesday, Gov. Ned Lamont encouraged both hybrid and electric vehicles, while also acknowledging the state’s high electricity rates.
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Last fall, Gov. Ned Lamont pulled regulations that would have required that all new cars sold in CT beginning in 2035 be zero-emission. Now what?
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According to a new poll, a majority of Connecticut voters oppose phasing out gas-powered vehicles. Most respondents identified the impact of low-income households as their primary concern
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Though CT won't phase out new gas car sales, its number of EVs and plug-in hybrid vehicles went from about 4,800 in 2016 to 35,100 in 2022.