Vincent Lombardi Service Area Electric Charging Station

, there were about 64,000

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s (including plug-in hybrid vehicles) in New Jersey. , 5% of all new vehicles sold in the state were electric. , there were 625

charging station A charging station, also known as a charge point or electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), is a piece of equipment that supplies electrical power for charging plug-in electric vehicles (including electric cars, electric trucks, electric ...

s in New Jersey and the state had the lowest ratio of public charging stations to electric vehicles in the United States.

Government policy

, the state government awards up to $5,000 in tax rebates for each electric vehicle purchase and offers other incentives such as exempting zero emission vehicles from state sales tax, and giving them HOV lane access and discounts on

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and Garden State Parkway tolls. , New Jersey Transit plans to deploy its first electric buses in 2022, and transition 100% of its bus fleet to electric by 2040.

Public opinion

A poll conducted in 2021 by

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showed that 58% of voters in New Jersey support requiring all new vehicles sold in the state to be electric by 2030.

References

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