Are you interested in exploring electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles at the Washington Auto Show?  Let our handy map and famous information sheet be your guide.  It lists all cars in the show that have plugs.  The more you charge, the more you benefit!

In addition to the $7500 Federal tax credit, and $3000 Maryland tax credit, Exelon (who now own Pepco, BGE and Constellation) will give you additional discounts on EV’s:

This applies to all Exelon customers!

$10000 on 2016 and 2017 Leafs

$7500 on BMW i3

$5500 on Chevy Volt

$4000 on Chevy Bolt (238 mile range!)

Hurry, the Leaf, Volt and Bolt discounts expire Sept 30, 2017 and the i3 discount expires Oct 7, 2017.

See www.ez-ev.com for details

The Maryland Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council

has issued it’s Interim Report to Gov. Hogan outlining the current state of plug-in vehicles in Maryland, and efforts to ease their adoption.  It will be discussed at the upcoming EVIC meeting March 16.  See EVADC calendar for details.

The Maryland Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council holds meetings every other month to discuss issues related to charging, legislation, incentives, funding and other EV-related matters.  The meetings are open to the public and in particular those who drive Plug-In cars and thus have the most direct experience with them.

The public is invited to comment at the the beginning of each meeting.  Real EV drivers have impact!

The March 16 Agenda:

Welcome and Announcements Earl Lewis 5 min
Introductions 5 min
Public Comments 10 min
Legislative Update Dave Schatz 20 min
2017 Priorities Earl Lewis 30 min
2016 EVIC Report Earl Lewis 10 min
PSC EV Workgroup TBD 10 min
State Agency Updates Earl Lewis 20 min
Workplace Charging Events
FHWA Signage
EVSE Efforts
Closing Remarks Earl Lewis 10 min

Meetings are held 2pm-4pm at the headquarters of the Maryland Department of Transportation, Harry Hughs Conference Room, 7201 Corporate Center Drive in Hanover, Maryland, near BWI airport.  See EVADC Calendar for additional info and a map.

Charging is available onsite  (arrive early)

or a 5-10 min walk from the MTA/BWI Amtrak Station

Department of Energy efforts meant to encourage private sector workplace charging have been bearing fruit for the past few years.  This is the Workplace Charging Challenge, a component of EV Everywhere, which coordinates the overall DOE effort on electric vehicles.

Until the adoption of the FAST Act (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation) in Dec 2015, appropriated funds were specifically forbidden by GSA to be usable for the purchase or installation of workplace charging for employee use in their private vehicles.  The FAST Act has now removed that prohibition, meaning that workplace charging is now authorized, Continue reading →