State of Michigan partners on electric vehicle ride-and-drives

As a part of Nationwide Drive Electrical Week, the State of Michigan has partnered with the Michigan Clear Cities Coalition, Michigan Electrical Auto Affiliation chapters, and Meijer to coordinate two electrical car (EV) Journey and Drive occasions in East Lansing and Ann Arbor.

Electrical automobiles at ride-and-drive occasion at Meijer in East Lansing on Sept. 23, 2022.

EVs of various makes and fashions have been showcased and accessible to check drive in East Lansing and Ann Arbor. EV house owners have been on-site to reply questions and share perception on the EV expertise.

“The occasions have been designed to lift consciousness of the multitude of advantages of electrical and plug-in hybrid automobiles, vans, bikes, and extra,” mentioned Jessica Crawford, neighborhood applications coordinator within the Vitality Providers Unit within the Supplies Administration Division on the Michigan Division of Surroundings, Nice Lakes, and Vitality. “Additionally they introduced a singular alternative to get the run-down on public charging, since each places have DC quick chargers, which are funded, partially, by way of Cost Up Michigan.”

Michigan now has roughly 2,000 electrical car charger ports on-line or in improvement (not together with Tesla chargers), together with practically 300 direct present quick chargers, 63 p.c of which have been supported by way of the Cost Up Michigan program. There are roughly 1,700 Degree 2 chargers within the state. 

“With the State’s not too long ago permitted EV Infrastructure Deployment Plan, we plan to proceed to assist the construct out of the EV quick charger community with a purpose to have sufficient infrastructure to assist 2 million EVs (a objective said within the MI Wholesome Local weather Plan),” Crawford added.

Two extra journey and drive EV occasions will happen on Saturday, Oct. 1:

8 a.m. to  2 p.m.
Muskegon Farmer’s Market, 242 West Western Avenue, Muskegon, Michigan 49440

9 a.m. to 12 midday
Schoolcraft Faculty, 18600 Haggerty Highway, Livonia, Michigan 48152

For extra data, see the Nationwide Drive Electrical Week web site.