State’s continued investments in clean vehicles will advance New York State’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent by 2030.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) commissioner Basil Seggos announced that $300,000 is available from the State’s Environmental Protection Fund in the form of rebates to municipalities for the purchase or lease of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs).
The EV rebate program will be administered by DEC through the New York State Grants Gateway. DEC will accept applications from municipalities for rebates through July 26, 2019. Costs incurred by a municipality, on or after May 1, 2018, to purchase or lease, for at least 36 months, a new ZEV for its fleet are eligible for a rebate of $2,500 for vehicles with a 10 to 50 mile electric range, and $5,000 for vehicles with an electric range of more than 50 miles. Battery electric, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are all eligible.
Published in the November 2018 Edition