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Midwest EVOLVE electric vehicle project hosts first EV ride and drive at Earth Day event in Ohio

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The ride-and-drive is a part of a new seven-state project called Midwest EVOLVE (Electric Vehicle Opportunities: Learning, eVents, Experience). EarthFest is Ohio’s largest environmental education event and the longest-running Earth Day celebration in the nation.

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Honda Hybrid, Honestly: Electrified Civic Returning in 2024

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Appealing to customers who’d like a dose of electrons with their new Civic – or, perhaps more likely, appeasing dealers whining about the existence of a Corolla Hybrid, the crew at Honda is rolling out an electrified variant of the popular Civic next year. Both those plants are in Ohio.

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New Argonne-developed tool helps car buyers compare electric-drive and traditional vehicles

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The tool was created as a part of an innovative clean-vehicle program recently launched in the Midwest. States currently covered by the new tool are Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Wisconsin. Argonne National Laboratory designed the research tool as a part of the seven-state Midwest EVOLVE project.

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Committed to EV equity for all

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EVA member Rap Hankins of Trotwood, Ohio has been a VW guy since he married his wife 50 years ago. “My But then Hankins received a wake-up call from his VW dealer at Evans Volkswagen in nearby Dayton. “He I called my VW dealer and I called VW corporate to see if I could get them to loan me an ID.4 Rap Hankins.

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Landi Renzo and Leggett Platt to partner on CNG vehicles for North American Market

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As a Qualified Vehicle Modifier (QVM) of Ford vehicles, L&P CVP will install Landi Renzo’s CNG fuel system at its Ford ship-thru facility in Elyria, Ohio and will offer three and four tank options for installation on Ford’s E-250 and E-350 Cargo and Passenger Vans.

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National Drive Electric Week extends EV access

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Trotwood, Ohio: Sparking EV interest “I’m a very big believer in promoting economic and racial equity,” said Rap Hankins, the organizer of the National Drive Electric Week event in Trotwood, Ohio, a majority African-American middle-class community near Dayton. Participant at the National Drive Electric Week event in Trotwood, Ohio.

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One EV enthusiast leads to anothe

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For me, as founder and leader of Drive Electric Dayton , I quickly realized that our Electric Auto Association (EAA) chapter, which I started in 2017 as a Facebook group for equally-excited future Tesla Model 3 owners, is part of a collection of organizations (per the figure above). I named the chapter “Drive Electric Dayton (DED).”

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