New Jersey outlined new rules to encourage drivers to buy lower-priced EVs, with a maximum incentive available only for vehicles priced $45,000 and below.

Connecticut’s EV program got a two-pronged boost with the announcement of improvements to a consumer rebate program and the award of a federal grant.

Speakers at a New Jersey BPU hearing questioned its proposal to reduce the incentive for purchasing electric vehicles for those that cost more than $45,000.

New Jersey Board of Public Utilities is proposing enhancements for an incentive program that helped put 7,000 electric vehicles on the road.