One of our Volunteer EV Coaches, Julia, showcasing her Tesla Model 3 at last year's Lafayette Earth Day Event.

Dri­ve Elec­tric Col­orado is excit­ed to spot­light one of our Com­mu­ni­ty Part­ners, the City of Lafayette! Lafayette is com­mit­ted to sus­tain­able, afford­able trans­porta­tion. Lafayette's Sus­tain­abil­i­ty and Resilience Advi­so­ry Com­mit­tee works with RTD, Xcel Ener­gy, and oth­er com­mu­ni­ties to pro­vide acces­si­ble trans­porta­tion that improves health, air qual­i­ty, and decreas­es traf­fic con­ges­tion. The city has installed three pub­lic EV charg­ing ports and host­ed Eco­to­ber, its first large-scale, com­mu­ni­ty-focused sus­tain­abil­i­ty event in Boul­der Coun­ty. The event engaged a vari­ety of sus­tain­able exhibitors, dis­played an EV show­case, and pro­vid­ed oppor­tu­ni­ties for the com­mu­ni­ty to learn and inter­act with one anoth­er. This year, the City of Lafayette plans to expand this event fur­ther and looks for­ward to increased com­mu­ni­ty involve­ment.   

Elizabeth Szorad

“Drive Electric Colorado is instrumental to the city as it explores and develops new avenues on how we can best support sustainable transportation options for our residents and businesses. We are thankful for our partnership and look forward to continuing our work in 2023”