Companies charge ahead with EV incentives

Three years ago, when area gasoline prices had soared well past $3 a gallon, Margaret-Ann Burness was spending up to $400 a month for her daily 60-mile round-trip commute between home in Denver and work in Boulder.

That changed for Burness, a senior account director at Sterling-Rice Group in One Boulder Plaza, when the building’s owner installed a dual fast-charging station for electric vehicles. Burness bought a used, fully loaded Nissan Leaf electric-powered car for $12,000 after tax rebates. Charging at work is free and is good for the round trip, she said, and charging from home…