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Yes -- saw a mat black wrapped Cybertruck and my wife saw an original stainless steel body one on the same day last week -- have heard due to their weight and similar to the Rivian made Amazon delivery EV vans that they'll be getting 'C' series truck plates and not 'EL' series by the way - so...

IL reached the 100K milestone for registered EV's in April -- 18K alone in Chicagoland -- should start seeing 6-digit 'EL' series plates eventually (caught a 918xx EL the other day) but as has been mentioned earlier - a number of people have opted to simply transfer their 'standard' regular IL...

More than 30 states have an EV fee now - here in IL when they were first thinking about it some 'misinformed' politician proposed a $1,000 annual fee! Needless to say at least some common sense prevailed and it ended up being an extra $100 per year - from the list on this news article it seems...

Might be worth it to buy a cap cover for your charger connector to prevent it from happening in the future - found this one on Amazon - we just needed to replace our EVSE cable and it came with something similar - a little more piece of mind in case it gets dropped...

Ours has been great as mentioned earlier - we actually firmed up the cable connection to the box with a few cable ties so it wouldn't pull away - nowadays most EV's won't let you move if the connector is still on the car, at least my Tesla and the BMW give you both a warning and simply won't...

Had to look up this old thread - may be of interest to those 'early adopters' who put a L2 EV charger in their home - despite its age - put the Schneider EV charger in for our first EV back in Sept of 2011 getting ready for the LEAF - recently had a mishap where the connector end was damaged so...

Quick update on most recent IL EL plate sightings -- just saw 898xx EL on an Ultra Red Tesla Model X and well as 2 sightings of the refreshed Model 3 (still with temp tags) - one in Stealth Gray the other in Black - the 100K EL plate mark should still be coming soon but again seems more people...

Another update to EV counts in IL -- came across this site from the IL SOS on a running total of all EV's registered in the state -- besides the fact that it's now 93,821 as of 1/15 -- it was only 8,255 back in 12/2017 -- decent growth and of course pretty good for the Midwest -- I'm sure we'll...

In light of all the news on the winter challenges here in Chicagoland as well as other cold areas of the country heard an update of the number of registered EV's in IL -- IL SOS now reports over 91K ! - that's over 10K more in about 4 months. The EL plate sightings have gone up to over 87xxx EL...

Came across this thread somewhat by accident due to the new format of the site sending out nightly updates now -- anyway, can only speak to the earliest LEAF's as bought one of the first in Chicagoland back in Dec '11. Kept it until end of '16 as it simply could no longer safely get me back and...

Well --- that was pretty quick, although thought it would go fast - IL EPA rebate site says it has many more applications than rebates available -- just those who would be considered low-income should apply now as that's their priority...

Yesterday was the first day to mail in your IL EPA rebate form - for those who can participate be sure to get your application in - the interesting caveat here is the 90-day max time line from taking delivery of your new or used EV - - it translates to those who took delivery August 3rd or later...

Great article on the IL EV rebate program stats - based on how many I've seen on the road the 'take' rate must be a bit lower to use non-EL vanity, special and regular plates as IL is close to 80K registered EV's now (recently saw 798xx EL for instance). In any case highest number awarded (no...

Looks like the IL EV rebate program got some more funding! As before it's $4,000 on new and used EV's - new applications open October 18 and the funding cycle is November 1 to January 31. Nice incentive for IL residents thinking about a new or used EV - especially those with limited purchasing...

Yes -- it's a $100 surcharge if the IL SOS sees that the powertrain is electric - regular ICE plates are $151 (no vanity or special series ones) - one thing that folks who transfer 'normal' non EV specific plates think is that they'll escape the EV fee surcharge but it will catch up when it gets...