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Needham advances municipal EV charging and fleet electrification plans; private apartment outreach lags
Summary
The committee received updates on apartment-complex outreach about EV chargers, a contract for new municipal chargers at Newman, and vehicle electrification progress including a town-funded electric school bus and current limits on heavy-duty snow-and-ice vehicles.
Needham's Climate Action Committee heard updates May 19 on three related efforts: outreach to apartment complexes about EV charging, a town contract to install chargers at the Newman site, and the town's municipal fleet electrification progress.
On outreach to private housing, committee members reported that neighboring Wellesley had limited success persuading apartment owners to install chargers and that municipal peer communities vary in whether they require or incentivize chargers for multiunit housing. Committee members asked staff…
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