Myth Buster: You can't off road in an EV

by Julia | Jan 15, 2021 | Adventure, Blog, EV Mythbusters, Front Page

Myth: You can’t off-road in an EV. Myth Bust­ed: The truth is, there are many EV mod­els that come with AWD and tow­ing capac­i­ty with more com­ing out soon. As tech­nol­o­gy improves, elec­tric vehi­cles will have few­er lim­i­ta­tions and...

Winter Driving in an EV? 

by Julia | Mar 6, 2023 | Adventure, Batteries, Blog, Charging, Real Life

Win­ter Dri­ving in an EV?  What should I know switch­ing from my gas vehicle?  My name is Ben West­by and I am a Vol­un­teer EV coach rep­re­sent­ing the West­ern Slope region. I live in the region known as the Flat­tops, at about 9,000 ft ele­va­tion...

I Tried an Electric Bicycle for the First Time

by Julia | May 10, 2021 | Adventure, Blog, E-bike, Front Page, Micromobility, Real Life

I Tried an Elec­tric Bicy­cle for the First Time I took my first test ride on an elec­tric bike as Spring first start­ed to peek its head out from winter’s blan­ket. It was March and the days were sun­ny but brisk, rang­ing between 35 and 65 degrees. I...

Colorado Camping With an Electric Vehicle

by Maddie | Jun 15, 2023 | Adventure, Blog, Real Life, Travel Tips

Sum­mer months are final­ly here and many Col­oradans are plan­ning their next sweet camp­ing trip. While many of our favorite “hid­den” gems may feel remote and far, a sur­pris­ing num­ber of camp­ing areas are well with­in reach of an elec­tric vehicle’s range. Even...

Drive Electric Colorado Featured in Volkswagen's What Fuels You Electric Road Trip

by Julia | Jun 15, 2022 | Adventure, Blog, Front Page, Real Life

Dri­ve Elec­tric Col­orado was fea­tured in Volk­swa­gen ID.4's  “What Fuels You? An Elec­tric Road Trip” series with film­mak­er, Eri­ka Gils­dorf, as she trav­eled through Col­orado in her ID.4. Eri­ka spoke with Dri­ve Elec­tric Col­orado lead, Julia Davi­la...

Mustang Mach‑E Road Trip: Denver to Santa Fe

by Julia | Jun 3, 2021 | Adventure, Blog, Front Page, Real Life

Mus­tang Mach‑E Road Trip: Den­ver to San­ta Fe  Patrick and Liv with their Elec­tric Blucifer Many first-time EV own­ers aren’t sure if road trips are doable in an elec­tric vehi­cle. They might have reser­va­tions about charg­ing time, where to stop, how...