On February 28, 2019, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection announced that $11.2 M of the state’s VW Environmental Mitigation Trust Funds had been allocated to electric vehicle charging stations and electric transit buses.
NJ TRANSIT will receive $8 M to purchase eight new electric transit buses to be used in the City of Camden. The remaining $3.2 M will fund 827 charging ports at 533 charging stations across the state as part of the It Pay$ to Plug In program. The funding will support 40 Level 1 charging stations, 487 Level 2 charging stations, and 6 DC fast charging stations.
(hat tip to Andrea Friedman)
