Accelerating the Adoption of Electric Vehicles in the USA
The “DRIVE Electric USA” initiative is developing state-based “Drive Electric” programs across the U.S. that are engaging individuals, utilities, legislators, dealerships, and others towards removing adoption barriers and accelerating plug-in electric vehicle use.
Project Overview
Participating States
Driving State-based EV Adoption
The ”DRIVE Electric USA” (DEUSA) initiative is providing funding and guidance to state partnerships to help them fully build their own statewide “Drive Electric” programs. The purpose of the DEUSA initiative is to break down barriers to accelerating EV education and awareness, engagement, and adoption. We will use our states as great and dissimilar examples of how to successfully build statewide, successful efforts to accelerate the purchase and use of EVs of all sizes by general citizens and fleets.
To fully realize this, project leaders and their partners have been and will continue to educate consumers, utilities, utility regulators, and government officials; engage auto dealers and fleet leaders; conduct corridor and community EV infrastructure planning; and develop local EV chapters. Please visit the “Priority Areas” (PAs) menu to access info about the PAs as well as specific pages related to each PA. All of this is and will occur in each state (or DC) under the banner of a statewide EV initiative, which will be guided by that state’s stakeholders.
Hastening transportation electrification in the USA brings benefits to Americans, including reduced emissions (both greenhouse gas and criteria pollutants), supporting the growth of clean-energy jobs in EV manufacturing and the related Tier 2 and 3 jobs, and developing more equitable transportation solutions for all citizens (not just single-occupancy vehicles – electrified mass transit, bicycles, scooters, ridesharing, and more).
Participating State Drive Electric Programs
Drive Electric Tennessee
East Tennessee Clean Fuels
www.DriveElectricTN.org
Jonathan Overly
jonathan@etcleanfuels.org
Drive Electric Ohio
Clean Fuels Ohio
www.DriveElectricOhio.org
Jacob Schwemlein
Jacob@cleanfuelsohio.org
Drive Electric Alabama
Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition
www.DriveElectricAlabama.org
Mark Bentley
mark@alabamacleanfuels.org
Drive Electric Colorado
Drive Clean Colorado
www.DriveElectricColorado.org
Julia Davila
julia@drivecleanco.org
Drive Electric Florida
University of Central Florida
www.DriveElectricFlorida.org
Colleen Kettles
ckettles@fsec.ucf.edu
Drive Electric Georgia
Clean Cities-Georgia
www.DriveElectricGeorgia.org
Frank Morris
frank@cleancitiesgeorgia.org
GO EV IN
Drive Clean Indiana
www.goevin.com
Carl Lisek
clisek@drivecleanindiana.org
Electrify Kansas
Kansas City Regional Clean Cities & Central Kansas Clean Cities
ElectrifyHeartland.org
Jenna Znamenak, Taylor Corn
jenna@metroenergy.org
Drive Electric Louisiana
Louisiana Clean Fuels
www.DriveElectricLA.com
Ann Vail
ann@louisianacleanfuels.org
Drive Electric Minnesota
Great Plains Institute / MN Clean Cities
www.driveelectricmn.org
Lisa Thurstin
lisa.thurstin@lung.org
Electrify Missouri
St. Louis Clean Cities & Kansas City Regional Clean Cities
ElectrifyHeartland.org
Kevin Herdler & Laura Jones
clnfuel@gmail.com, laura@regent-power.com
Drive Electric Pennsylvania
Eastern PA – Alliance for Clean Transportation
www.DriveElectricPA.org
Tony Bandiero
tbandiero@ep-act.org
Drive Electric Utah
Utah Clean Cities
www.DriveElectricUtah.org
Tammie Bostick
tammie.bostick@
utahcleancities.org
Virginia EV
Virginia Clean Cities
www.VirginiaEV.org
Matt Wade
mwade@vacleancities.org
Drive Electric Wisconsin
Wisconsin Clean Cities
www.DriveElectricWisconsin.org
Lorrie Lisek
lorrie.lisek@wicleancities.org
Connecticut Initiative
Capitol Clean Cities of Connecticut
www.kentuckycleanfuels.org
Craig Peters
craigpeters82@gmail.com
New Jersey Initiative
New Jersey Clean Cities
https://njcleancities.org
Chuck Feinberg
chuck.feinberg@gmail.com
Michigan Initiative
Michigan Clean Cities
www.michigancleancities.org
Maggie Striz Calnin
maggie@michigancleancities.org
Oklahoma Initiative
Central Oklahoma Clean Cities
www.okcleancities.org
Eric Pollard
epollard@acogok.org
Drive Electric Washington
Drive Electric Washington
www.driveelectricwa.org
Michael Graham
michael@wwcleancities.org
Wyoming Initiative
Yellowstone-Teton Clean Cities
www.ytcleancities.org
Alicia Cox
alicia@ytcleancities.org
DEUSA Webinar – Nov. 2023
Sponsors
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