The NJDEP will implement the initiative, which provides funding over three years for the purchase of such vehicles and charging infrastructure.

With a maximum of $4,000, the program is the nation’s largest cash-on-the-hood incentive. So far, more than 13,000 EVs have been purchased or leased with it.

According to President James Fakult, the four-year, $39.8 million initiative "helps our customers build the charging backbone necessary to reach our state’s goal of registering 330,000 electric vehicles by 2025."

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities announced awards for its Multi-Unit Dwelling Electric Vehicle Charger program, and reopened applications for the initiative that aims to ensure the equitable build-out of charging infrastructure in the state.

The launch serves as the rebranding of the East Windsor company’s Greenland Machinery division, which produces all-electric, industrial-size front loaders, excavators and other equipment.

David Daly worked for the state’s largest electric and gas utility for 35 years, retiring as president and chief operating officer in 2021.

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection announced an additional $6 million to offset the cost of the vehicles in vulnerable communities.

The 48,500-square-foot location in Harrison, expected to be operational by the end of 2022, will support development and production and will include 4,000 square feet of showroom space.

The project, which includes infrastructure upgrades, is part of NJ Transit’s 5-Year Capital Plan and marks the next step in its goal of transitioning to a 100% zero-emissions bus fleet by 2040.

The state currently has 378 miles of pending and ready EV corridors. The additional funding will provide the opportunity to significantly expand chargers statewide.

The goals laid out in a letter to the president follow a suite of similar efforts by New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut to phase in zero-emissions vehicles.