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AndyH said:
Bicster said:
What I want to examine is the state of 'EV friendliness' in the city and county today. Part of Nissan's partner cities agenda is to help streamline electrical permits and inspection for EVSE installation, and other factors that will help smooth the process of owning and operating EVs.

Andy

I did a cursory search of the Tarrant County web site and didn't find any EV registration info.

However, I did find a link to the North Central Texas Council of Governments' EV page: http://nctcog.org/trans/air/programs/evnt/ Looks like there are fleet, public recharging and home charging committees. The next meeting for the home recharging committee is tomorrow but I'm not sure I can get out of work. Here's the minutes from the last meeting: http://nctcog.org/trans/air/programs/evnt/GrpAssigHm.pdf
They have a way to go but they do have a plan to get permitting and approved contractors in place by September.
 
Jason - THANK YOU! I stumbled on the NCTCOG site some time back, followed a link to a San Antonio site...and couldn't remember how to stumble on it again. :)

I just had a talk with the Clean Cities Coordinator at the Alamo Area Council of Governments and was very happy to find that they're rolling!

- Level 2 charging in all city-owned public parking garages is already planned
- EVSE installation permitting/inspection is already streamlined
- Waiting for Level 3 standard so they can install Level 3 hardware in town
- Excellent relationship with local power company - they're happy to have new electric consumers!

We agreed that the vehicle registration change would most likely come from above. There are bills in the system to allow lower-cost registration state-wide and purchase incentives for plug-in vehicles in non-attainment areas. The registration fee change would require properly tracking EVs in the registration/titling/tax system.

Just when I try to stereotype the state I get proven wrong - and that's a good thing! :lol:

Andy
 
Has anybody found a non-income limited EV incentive in Texas? I found the air check incentive : http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/implementation/air/mobilesource/vim/driveclean.html 

But my car is newer than 10 years old and I don't meet the income requirements.
 
Jason, There's at least one bill floating around the Legislature somewhere that has a $5000 incentive for plug-in vehicles registered in emissions non-attainment areas. I don't know if it's been signed into law. Last I remember is that it was read into the record during the Spring (March?) '09 session.

It's supposedly borne out of his Jan '09 state address.
http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/11852/

"Unfortunately, our strength in petrochemical production and refining makes us a big target on the radar of an increasingly activist EPA, whose one-size-fits-all approaches could severely harm our energy sector; an agency whose potential to harm our state with punitive actions will only increase in the months and years to come.

Rather than wait for more mandates and punishments for environmental non-attainment, let’s continue encouraging innovation.

I support giving Texans in the non-attainment areas of our state a $5,000 incentive towards a purchase of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, using the funds Texans have already paid to reduce emissions, while providing a unique way to store wind energy."
 
Count one in from El Paso! Hope everything goes smoothly over here in Far West TX...City just approved 32 EV-charging stations to be installed in various locations city wide by this year...
 
http://www.plugintexas.org/news.php

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Phil in Houston. Reserved the SL level, currently blue but I haven't decided on what color I really want. Never owned a silver car, so maybe that one.
 
NRG (Reliant) offering home and public charging with a twist:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-elecvehicle_23bus.ART.State.Edition1.1aaad47.html

I automatically dislike this, as there's a monthly fee that's unrelated to usage. But I do understand they need to pay for these things. I'm just not going to need public charging away from my home, unless I'm heading to Galveston or something, and I doubt they'll cover that with chargers.

On the plus side, it looks like they're making a massive push for L3 charging... if those 15 minute charge times are true.
 
Actually the more I think about that article, it doesn't sound too bad.

$2200 (average EVSE cost? or minimum? we'll see) divided by 36 months (contract length) is $61/mo. Might be worthwhile, especially if you get to keep the EVSE at the end. At the very least you'll have the installation paid for.
 
Bicster said:
Actually the more I think about that article, it doesn't sound too bad.

$2200 (average EVSE cost? or minimum? we'll see) divided by 36 months (contract length) is $61/mo. Might be worthwhile, especially if you get to keep the EVSE at the end. At the very least you'll have the installation paid for.

Interesting for sure. Though, with the EVSE you get 50% tax credit.

If you do 1000 miles a month - and pay $60 a month for charging, that is just 6 cents a mile compared to 15 or so cents I pay now (with a $3 a gallon for gas and 20 mpg car).
 
The "energy" at home might be included (about 9¢ per kWh here), but the local PU's "delivery" (distribution) charge can be 25¢ per kWh additional.

Difficult to see how it would work at home. Perhaps requires a separate meter install (which might require a service upgrade)?
 
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