Gov. Phil Murphy announced new incentives on Monday for
people to make the switch from gas to electric vehicles.
Vehicle price discounts and the addition of charging stations at
apartment and urban living complexes are all part of the governor's new
plans.
Federal money will fund these incentive programs, with an overall
goal of getting as many people as possible to make the switch over the next few
years to electric vehicles.
The state will now offer $250 toward home electric vehicle
charging stations. There will also be $4 million available
to condo and apartment complex landlords to install new and additional
stations.
Another $4 million will be available to local governments to
purchase electric vehicles. Murphy also says anyone who wants to buy an
electric vehicle will be offered up to $4,000 off a new mid-priced
car.
“The maximum on the incentive is if your car is $45,000 or below
because one of the things, we've seen is a lot of the incentives in our first
two years have gone all over the map to different price points,” says Murphy. “We
want to explicitly in this case incent the mid-price of cars."
Murphy also acknowledged the electricity has to come from
somewhere at the charging stations. He says the goal remains to have
the power grids on 100% clean renewable energy by the year 2050.