Ford announces all-electric F-150 pickup truck,
Will Biden's EV Infrastructure plan be enough?
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DET Specialty License Plate: Feedback and Registration
Here Our team is in the process of designing a DriveElectricTN (DET) Specialty License Plate where our goal is to secure a minimum of 1,000 registrants at $35 per plate for the program to succeed! So why support this program?
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driveelectrictn.org
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A first look at Ford's new all-electric F-150 Lightening
On Wednesday night, the Ford Motor Company unveiled its latest pickup truck, the F-150 Lightning. The truck is the hotly anticipated battery-electric version of Ford's bestselling vehicle, and when it goes on sale in mid-2022, it will join the...
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arstechnica.com
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Biden's promise: Building back better and greener
Of the $4tn of extra spending proposed by President Biden, $2.2tn looks set to go on green and sustainability-related infrastructure investment. This won't on its own be enough to deliver on the President's climate change targets, but it marks a...
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think.ing.com
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4 new Tesla Super Chargers in Tennessee: Knoxville, Nashville, Cookeville, and most importantly, Pigeon Forge
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Now 20 Fully Electric Vehicle Models On US Market
The US Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy recently published a note highlighting that nearly 50 light-duty plugin electric vehicle models were on the US market in 2020. It included a chart showing the progress...
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cleantechnica.com
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The National Average Fuel Cost of EV is 60% lower than gas
Subscribe to Fact of the Week Electric vehicles are more efficient than internal combustion vehicles, but fuel cost comparisons can be complicated due to differences in the units of measure. To address this, the Department of Energy developed the ...
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www.energy.gov
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Photos from April Drive Electric Earth Day Events
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Within A Decade, We Will All Be Driving Electric Cars
A BloombergNEF report commissioned by Transport & Environment forecasts 2027 as the year when electric vehicles will start to become cheaper to manufacture than their internal combustion equivalents across all segments, mainly due to a sharp drop ...
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www.forbes.com
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EV charging in the US is broken - can Joe Biden fix it?
Aaron Fisher first came face to face with the US's inconvenient and broken electric vehicle charging infrastructure two years ago. Driving a borrowed BMW i3 from New York City to Hartford, Connecticut, for his grandmother's 90th birthday party,...
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www.theverge.com
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Electric vehicle usage set to zoom toward TN goal
DriveElectricTN shooting for 200,000 EVs on Tennessee roads by 2028 JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) - Dave Hrivnak remembers his surprise when he calculated his personal carbon footprint several years ago. "It wasn't below average, it wasn't average - ...
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www.wjhl.com
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TN Drivers, Dealers, and Utilities prepare for EV Revolution
When the light turns green, the work truck ahead of me belches out a cloud of dark smoke. I drive through the black cloud, and after a second, the smell seeps in. It's that familiar stench of half-burned hydrocarbons that permeates so much of...
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www.memphisflyer.com
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Thank you to the Drive Electric TN Executive Committee and fiscal and in-kind members for your support!
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Spread the word about our e-mail list
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Currently, we’re creating a statewide email communication network – a unified front – where EV pioneers and advocates can receive up-to-date information, ideas, stories and relevant resources.
As a part of this network, participants will receive updates about ongoing DET projects and information about to get involved themselves.
You are already on this list, however we want your help by encouraging others to sign up. Please forward this to other enthusiasts and sign up today to be a part of our Tennessee statewide EV story! The DriveElectricTN team is ready to talk to stakeholders to discuss plans for the upcoming year. Please reach out to us at [email protected].
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