By Colette Bennett New Jersey residents, take note. There’s never been a worse time to buy gas than right now. With fuel prices slowly rising in the first half of the year and just hitting a $5 national average, it’s never looked more attractive to find an alternative mode of transportation to get wherever you need to go, whether it’s work, social gatherings, or just out of the house for a while. The prices are driving many toward electric cars as a way to circumvent the issue, leading to sold-out EV stock all over the country. Worldwide shortages of semiconductors, as well as issues with supp…