, there were about 62,000

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s in

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, accounting for 0.6% of all vehicles in the state.

Government policy

In August 2009, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority began a study on the effects of plug-in electric vehicles on the state's power grid. In September 2021, Governor

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signed into law a bill requiring all new vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission by 2035. In January 2022, the state government announced to be spent on the state's electric vehicle tax rebate program, which offers rebates of up to $2,000 for each electric vehicle purchase.

State fleet

On August 2, 2006, Governor

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and State Senate Majority Leader

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announced plans for a new State program to

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600 vehicles in the state fleet to plug-in hybrid, conduct testing for greenhouse gas reduction technologies, and improve the efficiency of public transportation systems. The first plug-in hybrid was added to the fleet on December 20, 2006.

Charging stations

, there were about 9,300

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s in the state.

By region

Albany

In October 2021, Albany County announced a plan to transition the county fleet entirely to electric by 2030.

Buffalo

, there were about 1,900 electric vehicles registered in Erie County.

New York City

, there were about 21,000 electric vehicles registered in

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. 10,000 were registered in

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, 4,000 in

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, 4,000 in

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, 1,700 in

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, and 1,200 in

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. , there were about 8,000 electric vehicles registered in Suffolk County, and 6,000 in Nassau County. , there were 100 public curbside charging stations in New York City. In October 2021, Suffolk County and

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announced plans to transition the county fleets entirely to electric by 2030. In December 2021, the city government announced an investment of in electric vehicles, including charging stations and the electrification of the city fleet. This is the largest investment in electric vehicles ever made by any local government in the United States.

Rochester

In July 2022, the

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municipal government introduced an electric vehicle

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service.

References

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