In this subdivision:
I. "
Battery electric vehicle
" means any vehicle that operates solely by use of a battery or battery pack, or that is powered primarily through the use of an electric battery or battery pack and uses a flywheel or capacitor that stores energy produced by an electric motor or through regenerative braking to assist in vehicle operation.
II. "
Electric vehicle
" means any battery electric vehicle, fuel cell electric vehicle, or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.
III. "
Fuel cell electric vehicle
" means any vehicle that operates solely by use of a hydrogen fuel cell.
IV. "
Hybrid electric vehicle
" means a motor vehicle that allows power to be delivered to the driver wheels solely by a battery-powered electric motor that also incorporates the use of a combustion engine to provide power to the battery, or any vehicle that allows power to be delivered to the driver wheels by either a combustion engine or by a battery-powered electric motor, or both.
V. "
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
" means a hybrid electric vehicle that has the capability to charge the battery or batteries used for vehicle propulsion from an off-vehicle electric source, such that the off-vehicle source cannot be connected to the vehicle while the vehicle is in motion.
VI. "
Electronic vehicle charging station
" means an electric component or cluster of component assemblies designed specifically to charge an electric vehicle battery by transferring electric energy to a battery or a storage device in the vehicle.
VII. "
Public electric vehicle charging station
" means a charging station, electric recharging point, charging point, or electric vehicle supply equipment, which is an element in an infrastructure that supplies electricity for the recharging of plug-in electric vehicles, including all-electric cars, neighborhood electric vehicles, and plug-in hybrids, and which allows any electric vehicle owner or operator to access and use the charging station, located at a publicly available parking space.
VIII. "
Publicly available parking space
" means a parking space that has been designated by a property owner or lessee to be available to, and accessibly by, the public and may include on-street parking spaces and parking spaces in surface lots or parking garages, but shall not include: (a) a parking space that is part of, or associated with, a private residence; (b) a parking space that is reserved for the exclusive use of an individual driver or vehicle or for a group of drivers or vehicles, such as employees, tenants, visitors, or residents of a common interest development, or residents of an adjacent building; or (c) a parking space reserved for persons who are blind and persons with walking disabilities as defined in RSA 259:124.
Source. 2018, 262:1, eff. Aug. 11, 2018.