Accelerating the Adoption of Electric Vehicles

The “DRIVE Electric USA” initiative is fully 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.

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Project Overview

Participating States

Original 14 states as well as potential new states
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The Project & Team

In early 2020, staff from East Tennessee Clean Fuels (ETCF) and Clean Fuels Ohio (CFO) opined, “what if we could get a significant number of largely flyover states together to share in developing plans for building effective Drive Electric programs in all our states?” That question turned into the DRIVE Electric USA proposal that was selected and awarded by the U.S. DOE in summer 2020. That project is comprised of a wide variety of stakeholders, including Clean Cities Coalitions from fourteen states and a diverse set of other committed partners who are dedicated to raising awareness and adoption of EVs across the United States and in their states. We will use our states as great and dissimilar examples of how to successfully build statewide, successful EV efforts to accelerate the purchase and use of EVs of all sizes by general citizens and fleets.

Fast forward to 2023 where we have secured additional DOE funding to create the “DEUSA2” project that will add another 12 states and the District of Columbia to the original 14 – new total of 27. The new states will undertake tasks to drive engagement across our Priority Areas (our pillars of barrier busting) and towards developing branded, statewide initiatives that will drive EV outreach, education, and adoption.

In order to accomplish this entity development goal, project leaders and implementers have been and will educate consumers, utilities, utility regulators, and government officials while engaging auto dealers and fleet leaders, conducting EV infrastructure planning, and developing local EV chapters. All of this is and will occur under the banner of each branded, statewide EV initiative which will be guided by that state’s stakeholders.

The first DRIVE Electric USA project is right now creating a Replication Playbook – based on outputs and lessons learned – and is developing successful, long-term continuation funding and partnerships. In the first project, a 35-company Project Advisory Committee (PAC) provide valuable input and guided the coalitions and their statewide efforts to accelerate the barrier-busting efforts.

Participating State Drive Electric Programs

Drive Electric Tennessee

East Tennessee Clean Fuels
www.DriveElectricTN.org
Jonathan Overly
jonathan@etcleanfuels.org

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Drive Electric Ohio

Clean Fuels Ohio
www.DriveElectricOhio.org
Jacob Schwemlein
Jacob@cleanfuelsohio.org

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Drive Electric Alabama

Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition
www.DriveElectricAlabama.org
Mark Bentley
mark@alabamacleanfuels.org

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Drive Electric Colorado

Drive Clean Colorado
www.DriveElectricColorado.org
Julia Davila
julia@drivecleanco.org

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Drive Electric Florida

University of Central Florida
www.DriveElectricFlorida.org
Colleen Kettles
ckettles@fsec.ucf.edu

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Drive Electric Georgia

Clean Cities-Georgia
www.DriveElectricGeorgia.org
Frank Morris
frank@cleancitiesgeorgia.org

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Electrify Kansas

Kansas City Regional Clean Cities & Central Kansas Clean Cities
ElectrifyHeartland.org
Jenna Znamenak, Taylor Corn
jenna@metroenergy.org

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Drive Electric Louisiana

Louisiana Clean Fuels
www.DriveElectricLA.com
Ann Vail
ann@louisianacleanfuels.org

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Electrify Missouri

St. Louis Clean Cities & Kansas City Regional Clean Cities
ElectrifyHeartland.org
Kevin Herdler & Laura Jones
clnfuel@gmail.com, laura@regent-power.com

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Triangle Clean Cities
www.pluginnc.org
Sean Flaherty
sflaherty@tjcog.org

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Drive Electric Pennsylvania

Eastern PA – Alliance for Clean Transportation
www.DriveElectricPA.org
Tony Bandiero
tbandiero@ep-act.org

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Drive Electric Utah

Utah Clean Cities
www.DriveElectricUtah.org
Tammie Bostick
tammie.bostick@
utahcleancities.org

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Virginia EV

Virginia Clean Cities
www.VirginiaEV.org
Matt Wade
mwade@vacleancities.org

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Drive Electric Wisconsin

Wisconsin Clean Cities
www.DriveElectricWisconsin.org
Lorrie Lisek
lorrie.lisek@wicleancities.org

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Connecticut Initiative

Capitol Clean Cities of Connecticut
www.kentuckycleanfuels.org
Craig Peters
craigpeters82@gmail.com

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GO EV IN

Drive Clean Indiana
www.goevin.com
Carl Lisek
clisek@drivecleanindiana.org

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New Jersey Initiative

New Jersey Clean Cities
https://njcleancities.org
Chuck Feinberg
chuck.feinberg@gmail.com

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Michigan Initiative

Michigan Clean Cities
www.michigancleancities.org
Maggie Striz Calnin
maggie@michigancleancities.org

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Drive Electric Minnesota

Great Plains Institute / MN Clean Cities
www.driveelectricmn.org
Lisa Thurstin
lisa.thurstin@lung.org

Mission Electric

Empire Clean Cities
www.missionelectric.org
Joy Gardner
joy@empirecleancities.org

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Oklahoma Initiative

Central Oklahoma Clean Cities
www.okcleancities.org
Eric Pollard
epollard@acogok.org

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Drive Electric Washington

Drive Electric Washington
www.driveelectricwa.org
Michael Graham
michael@wwcleancities.org

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Wyoming Initiative

Yellowstone-Teton Clean Cities
www.ytcleancities.org
Alicia Cox
alicia@ytcleancities.org

Sponsors

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Orange EV’s pure-electric terminal trucks are a ‘beachhead’ technology – they can help us expand use of pure EVs in HD applications. Orange EV’s commercially deployed fleet has achieved unparalleled milestones – including uptime performance – in terminal truck operations. As of November 2021, the deployed Orange EV fleet has surpassed 1.1 million hours and 3.7 million miles of operation. The T-Series is meeting the most rigorous duty cycles and 24×7 shift schedules in container handling operations across the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. Visit their website at www.orangeev.com.

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We appreciate our supporters who share the understanding that we need to work on electrifying transportation in the USA as quickly as we can!

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We appreciate the DOE and its Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy for selecting our project and allowing us to build such a collaborative opportunity. We look forward to showing you our achievements and advancements over the coming years! 

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