New Jersey has surpassed 200,000 electric vehicle registrations, the state Department of Environmental Protection announced last week. Nearly 208,000 battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, or EVs, are now registered with the state Motor Vehicle Commission – more than double the number of EVs registered in the state just two years ago.

As the DEP noted, this increase demonstrates growing “consumer confidence in these vehicles and the availability of charging infrastructure, as…