EV Facts
O&R Territory
Industry History
Acronyms
TV & Film
100

EV batteries are mostly comprised of this element.

Lithium

100

Number of electric customers served.

309k

100

The year Orange & Rockland became a subsidiary of Con Edison.

1999

100

BEV

Battery Electric Vehicle

100

Baby Yoda's name in The Mandolorian.

Grogu

200

The first US automaker to adopt Tesla's plug.

Ford

200

Number of gas customers served.

140k

200

The name of the first electric company in New York.

Edison Illuminating Company (1880)

200

NEVI

National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure

200

This superhero is often mentioned in Seinfeld. 

Superman

300

Company and model with the highest BEV sales in the US.

Tesla Model Y

300

Square miles served.

1,300

300

The name of the first commercial power plant in the US.

Pearl Street Station (1882)

300

RGGI

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

300

Batman has been played by this many actors on screen.

11

400

These two EVs offer both V2G and V2H charging.

Nissan Leaf and Ford F-150 Lightning

400

Nearly a third of Rockland County's area is designated as this.

Parkland.

400

Number of patents acquired by Thomas Edison.

1,093

400

GWSFA

Global Warming Solutions Fund Act

400

The Netflix show with the highest view count.

Squid Game

500

The decade of the first commercially available electric vehicles.

1890s

500

Orange County is the source of the first complete skeleton of this extinct mammal.

Mastodon

500

These two factors effectively killed the EV industry in the early 20th century.

Discovery of major petroleum reserves and improved road infrastructure.

500

CIAC

Contribution in Aid of Construction

500

The first feature-length animated movie ever released.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

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