Events

September 8, 2021
How to Host a Covid-Safe In-Person Ride and Drive
National Drive Electric Week is on the horizon, from September 25 through October 3, 2021, and organizers are considering a move back to in-person events. Ride and…

April 28, 2021
How to Host a Virtual Ride and Drive
For many of us, it feels like it has been years since we have been able to gather in one place. We have grown accustomed to social…

April 26, 2021
Minnesota Electric Vehicle Strategic Plan Public Engagement Series
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) invites the public to attend one or more virtual public engagement sessions it is hosting between May 17-26, 2021 to gather input about Minnesota’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Strategic Plan. There will be three general sessions and three that…

November 10, 2020
Electric Vehicles in a Midwestern Clean Fuels Policy
As part of the Great Plains Institute’s work to develop a Midwestern clean fuels policy, we are hosting webinars that focus on clean fuels on the market…

October 13, 2020
Webinar Series: Minnesotans Going Electric
Drive Electric Minnesota and Plug In America presented a free webinar series focused on accelerating electric transportation adoption in 2021, in partnership with Xcel Energy and the…

September 23, 2020
National Drive Electric Week Social Media Campaign
Show us your EV! There is now an electric vehicle (EV) registered in nearly every single county in Minnesota, and we want to show off the EV-olution…

September 22, 2020
2020 National Drive Electric Week Events
National Drive Electric Week (NDEW) takes place September 26 through October 4, 2020 and is a national initiative to raise awareness of the benefits of electric vehicles,…

September 25, 2019
National Drive Electric Week Event Highlights
From September 14 to the 22, Minnesota was busy celebrating electric vehicles (EVs). What started in 2011 as Plug-In Day has turned into a week-long celebration for…

May 6, 2019
The EV-olution is here!
Earlier this spring, 100 electric vehicle (EV) stakeholders gathered for a day-long event, “EV-olution: Charging Ahead with Electric Vehicles in Minnesota Communities,” held at the at the…

February 5, 2019
Electrify your Ride Sweepstakes Results
Between August 23 and September 16 of last year, 1,790 people entered the Electrify Your Ride Sweepstakes, sponsored by Minnesota Power, Great River Energy and its cooperatives, and Otter…