STATEWIDE — $30 MILLION IS NOW AVAILABLE for consumers to lease or purchase new electric vehicles (EVs) in New York through the State’s Drive Clean Rebate program, which provides point-of-sale rebates for more than 60 new EVs.
Governor Kathy Hochul, in making the announcement on Friday, April 18, said that the state’s Charge Ready NY 2.0 program, which helps reduce equipment installation costs for Level 2 chargers, is increasing the incentive amount available to install EV chargers at multifamily buildings and workplaces, including hotels, from $2,000 to $3,000 per port. The amount increased even further — to $4,000 per port — for locations in disadvantaged communities as defined by the Climate Justice Working Group, for which an interactive map is available online.
Additionally, $3 million is being dedicated to locations that hold educational “ride and drive” community events, purchase or lease EVs, or offer free charging. The program also accepts new equipment and network eligibility applications from EV charger vendors.
The Drive Clean Rebate program has issued over 190,000 rebates to consumers since 2017, according to the governor, contributing to the more than 280,000 EVs on the road statewide. Charge Ready NY 2.0 has supported the installation of more than 1,000 Level 2 chargers in the last year alone.
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