{"id":13638,"date":"2021-11-25T14:03:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T19:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=13638"},"modified":"2021-11-27T17:22:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T22:22:07","slug":"evs-and-plug-in-hybrids-in-needham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2021\/11\/evs-and-plug-in-hybrids-in-needham\/","title":{"rendered":"EVs and Plug-in Hybrids in Needham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How many Needham residents have plug-in hybrid or electric vehicles? What manufacturers do they buy from? Thanks to some analysis we did of information available from Massachusetts&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/mor-ev.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MOR-EV rebate program<\/a>, we have some answers.<\/p>\n<p>This table includes all qualifying EV &amp; PHEV purchases from 2014 (when the program launched) through the end of August, 2021. As such, it includes almost all of the EVs and plug-in hybrids on the road in Needham. Needham owners of these <b>280<\/b> EVs and plug-in hybrids received a total of <b>$551,000<\/b> in rebates.<\/p>\n<p>What are the most popular models?<\/p>\n<p>\u200b<\/p>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tesla-Model-3-mjg-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tesla-Model-3-mjg-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tesla-Model-3-mjg-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tesla-Model-3-mjg-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tesla-Model-3-mjg-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tesla-Model-3-mjg-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tesla-Model-3-mjg-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tesla-Model-3-mjg-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tesla-Model-3-mjg-scaled-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-7328-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14207 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-7328-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-7328-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-7328-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-7328-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-7328-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-7328-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-7328-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-7328-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_3694.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-14250 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_3694-e1637329169490-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_3694-e1637329169490-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_3694-e1637329169490-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_3694-e1637329169490-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_3694-e1637329169490-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_3694-e1637329169490-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_3694-e1637329169490-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_3694-e1637329169490.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_7782.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14208 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_7782-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_7782-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_7782-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_7782-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_7782.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 56px;\">Tesla Model 3 &#8211; <b>64<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 56px;\">Toyota Prius Prime &#8211; <b>29<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 56px;\">Tesla Model S &#8211; <b>25<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 56px;\">Chevrolet Bolt EV &#8211; <b>25<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-13\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-13\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Manufacturer<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Total<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">BEV<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">PHEV<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">PHEV+<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Audi<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">BMW<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">14<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Chevrolet<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">41<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">25<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Chrysler<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ford<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Honda<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">16<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Hyundai<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Kia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Mini<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Nissan<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Tesla<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">114<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">114<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Toyota<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">46<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">46<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Volkswagen<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Volvo<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Total<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">280<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">168<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">73<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">39<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-13 from cache -->\n<ul>\n<li><b>BEV<\/b> &#8211; Battery Electric Vehicle (all electric)<\/li>\n<li><b>PHEV+<\/b> &#8211; Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle with battery capacity <i>greater<\/i> than 10 kWh (gasoline &amp; electric)<\/li>\n<li><b>PHEV<\/b> &#8211; Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle with battery capacity <i>less<\/i> than 10 kWh (gasoline &amp; electric)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>People thinking about EVs and plug-in hybrids want to know more and would love to hear from others who&#8217;ve made the journey.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve written about several &#8211; but there are many more.\u00a0 Would you like to share your story of EV or PHEV adoption?\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:info@greenneedham.org?subject=Sharing%20EV%20Adoption%20Stories\">Reach out to us<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Notes on the table<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p>This table includes all qualifying EV &amp; PHEV purchases from 2014 (when the program launched) through the end of June, 2021. There are a few areas of potential undercount, in decreasing order of significance:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>As of the beginning of 2020, EVs with a total sales price greater than $50,000 no longer qualified for the program. This would result in an undercount of Tesla vehicles because higher end Teslas (Model S and some longer-range Model 3&#8217;s and Model Y&#8217;s)would exceed this threshhold. Therefore there are almost certainly more Teslas than the total here.<\/li>\n<li>Plug-in hybrids purchased before the MOR-EV program was available &#8211; including earlier models of the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight &#8211; would not be listed.<\/li>\n<li>The MOR-EV program used up available funding in the 2nd half of 2019. It was re-funded at the beginning of 2020. Any vehicles purchased during the time funding was unavailable (a few months at most) would not be included. 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