DETROIT – DTE plans to invest $145 million to provide rebates for 19,300 chargers alongside additional private funding and federal grant dollars to collectively build 270,000 EV chargers in the coming years at public locations, as well as both single-family homes and multi-family buildings.
Pina Bennett, DTE Energy’s director of electric sales and marketing, said the cost of having an EV charger installed at home can be a significant barrier for lower-income households. The company intends to rebate not only the cost of an EV charger for qualifying homes, but also pay for what can be significant installation costs.
In this video interview, Ms. Bennet In some cases middle income families could get the cost of installing a charger at their homes covered by the rebates.
