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September 12, 2024

Drive Electric Minnesota’s Second Annual Statewide Scavenger Hunt Challenge

Drive Electric Minnesota is hosting the Second Annual Statewide Scavenger Hunt Challenge during National Drive Electric Week!   The scavenger hunt will include a variety of photo challenges…

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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…

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August 27, 2020

A Family’s Tour of Minnesota State Parks Goes Electric

As many across Minnesota look for new ways to explore the outdoors, Bjorn Watland of Saint Paul and his family found a way to do so with…

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April 20, 2020

Watch: Overview and Outlook on EV Market

Atlas Public Policy’s Nick Nigro joined our Cities Charging Ahead stakeholders on March 18, 2020 to give an update on the current state of the electric vehicle…

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January 15, 2019

Ride-Sharing with Electric Vehicles Brings Benefits to Drivers and Consumers

This is an exciting time in the electric vehicle (EV) landscape. Tesla just posted a profit for the first time, Volkswagen is helping to build up charging…

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October 2, 2017

Plug into Minnesota and Electrify your Next Road Trip up North

Autumn is quickly underway in Minnesota, which means it’s the perfect time to head north and witness the spectacular fall colors along the North Shore of Lake…

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September 27, 2017

A Look Back at Drive Electric Week in Minnesota

Another successful week of National Drive Electric Week (NDEW) events in Minnesota wrapped up on September 17. As a partnership of Minnesota electric vehicle (EV) champions, Drive…

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March 11, 2017

Minnesota’s Proposal to Electrify America

Following the lawsuit over pollution from Volkswagen’s diesel vehicles, Volkswagen created the “Electrify America” program. Electrify America will invest $2 billion over 10 years to increase Zero Emission…

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September 22, 2016

The Wrap-Up: Our New Leaf Tells the Story of National Drive Electric Week

I don’t know how long I was on the lot. It could have been few weeks, or a few days. I was one car among many other…

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September 4, 2016

Drive Electric MN Hosts Ride and Drive at the MSP Airport

Last week, Drive Electric MN (DEMN) attended a meeting of Minnesota’s Interagency Pollution Prevention Advisory Team (IPPAT) with around 50 representatives from across Minnesota’s state agencies. Facilitated…

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