Aspen School District – Fleet Success Story

by Maddie | Mar 15, 2024 | Blog, Real Life

Loca­tion: Aspen, CO Fleet Type: School District   Narrative Aspen School Dis­trict (ASD) serves over 1,500 stu­dents across its five schools. In 2018, ASD began plan­ning for the elec­tri­fi­ca­tion of its fleet, con­sist­ing of 21 full-sized school bus­es. The...

EV Myth: You Can't Road Trip in an EV

by Julia | Jul 8, 2021 | Blog, EV Mythbusters, Front Page, Real Life, Travel Tips

Myth: You can't road trip in an EV. Myth BUSTED: Yes, of course, you can! Road trips in an elec­tric vehi­cle are def­i­nite­ly doable. Road trips in an elec­tric vehi­cle are real­ly quite sim­i­lar to those in a gas-pow­ered car. There are a few...

Zero SRS Electric Motorcycle Review

by Julia | Oct 8, 2021 | Blog, E-bike, Front Page, Real Life, Vehicle Review

The Zero SR/S Elec­tric Motorcycle It's not every­day you see an elec­tric motor­cy­cle. We almost didn't notice that it was elec­tric until real­iz­ing the lack of noise meant it didn't have a loud gas engine. "They're one of only a hand­ful in the state," said Rob...

Mustang Mach‑E GT Review & Saving Money with Xcel Energy

by Julia | Nov 2, 2021 | Blog, Front Page, Real Life, Vehicle Review

The Mus­tang Mach‑E Review & Sav­ing Mon­ey with Xcel Energy Mon­i­ca Rosen­bluth, Asso­ciate Prod­uct Port­fo­lio Man­ag­er of Xcel Energy’s Elec­tric Vehi­cle Divi­sion, spoke with us about her newest elec­tric vehi­cle pur­chase, the Ford Mus­tang...

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...

Drive Clean Colorado and Xcel Energy Announce Working Agreement

by Julia | Jul 28, 2021 | Blog, Front Page, News, Press Release, Real Life, Utilities

Dri­ve Clean Col­orado and Xcel Ener­gy Announce Work­ing Agreement The orga­ni­za­tions will work to increase elec­tric vehi­cle and charg­ing edu­ca­tion statewide Dri­ve Clean Col­orado and Xcel Ener­gy today announced a new work­ing agree­ment to sup­port...