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June 20, 2023
Green Rock Apartments Leading the Charge on Electric Vehicles
Green Rock Apartments in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, positions itself as a provider of environmentally aware city living. It offers a range of eco-friendly features and facilities, including…
May 9, 2023
Q&A: Accessibility and EV Charging Stations
With the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, community members and local governments in Minnesota have increased interest and incentive…
April 6, 2023
Electric Vehicle-Ready Parking 101
Electric vehicle-ready building codes and ordinances help expand charging infrastructure Minimum electric vehicle-ready building codes and ordinances support the expansion of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, which is…
January 31, 2023
Tool helps Minnesotans calculate fuel cost savings from switching to an electric vehicle
How much money can Minnesotan drivers expect to save on fuel by switching to an electric vehicle? We explored this question with Heather Brown on CBS News Minnesota,…
July 13, 2022
Moaz Uddin Answers WCCO’s Good Question: “Does Getting an Electric Vehicle Make Financial Sense?”
This post originally appeared on the Great Plains Institute’s website, the facilitator of Drive Electric Minnesota. GPI Electric Vehicle Policy Specialist Moaz Uddin recently answered WCCO 4…
July 11, 2022
Expanding Public Electric Vehicle Charging Through Right-of-Way Utilization
Improving access to public electric vehicle (EV) charging is essential to increasing EV adoption for those who cannot rely on home charging, such as renters. Adding more…
May 10, 2022
Lakeville, Minnesota Electric School Bus Pilot
Photo courtesy of Great River Energy. All rights reserved. Lakeville, Minnesota, has piloted using electric school buses. Read more from Clean Energy Resource Teams.
March 29, 2022
Drive Electric Minnesota’s Fleet Electrification Toolkit is Live
Drive Electric Minnesota (DEMN) has released the Electrify Your Fleet tab to aid local governments through the decision-making process for electrifying their fleet vehicles and taking steps…
December 21, 2021
Connecting Cities Along Their EV Journey with the EV City Resource Database
Minnesota cities interested in electric vehicles (EVs) can now connect more easily to up-to-date resources on local governments who are becoming EV ready through a new database.…
December 14, 2021
EVs in the Twin Cities: Carver
Carver, Minnesota is a town of about 5,200 people located in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area and has recently made big strides in fleet electrification. I caught…