Lakewood Earth Day EV Ride and Drive Media Advisory

**MEDIA ADVISORY**

April 6, 2022 

Con­tact:
Amber King, Dri­ve Elec­tric Colorado

 | 785–543-7082

CITY OF LAKEWOOD HOSTS EARTH DAY EV SHOWCASE & RIDE AND DRIVE EVENT

The event coin­cides with 2022 Earth Day Celebrations

[LAKEWOOD, CO] – The City of Lake­wood is host­ing an Earth Day cel­e­bra­tion with a vari­ety of sus­tain­ably-mind­ed ven­dors, food trucks, music, kid-friend­ly activ­i­ties, and elec­tric vehicles.

A vari­ety of EVs from deal­er­ships and elec­tric bikes from E‑bike of Col­orado will be avail­able to test dri­ve at this event. Addi­tion­al­ly, the Dri­ve Elec­tric Col­orado team will be there to share infor­ma­tion about Xcel Energy’s EV/charging pro­grams and rebates and answer all EV-relat­ed questions.

WHAT: Lake­wood Earth Day Celebration

WHERE: Her­itage Bel­mar Park

                801 Yarrow St, Lake­wood, CO 80226

WHEN: Sat­ur­day, April 23, 11:00 AM to 06:00 PM

WHO: Open to the public

OPPORTUNITIES: Pho­tos, inter­views with EV experts, and access to test dri­ve elec­tric bikes and vehi­cles will be available.

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About Dri­ve Elec­tric Colorado

Dri­ve Elec­tric Col­orado exists to pro­vide indi­vid­ual con­sumers with infor­ma­tion about elec­tric vehi­cles in Col­orado to sup­port the State of Colorado’s goal to put 940,000 elec­tric vehi­cles on the road in Col­orado by 2030. The ini­tia­tive is led by Dri­ve Clean Col­orado and is part of Dri­ve Elec­tric USA, a Depart­ment of Ener­gy-fund­ed project with com­mit­ted part­ners from four­teen states. This project engages indi­vid­u­als, util­i­ties, leg­is­la­tors, deal­er­ships and oth­ers towards remov­ing adop­tion bar­ri­ers and accel­er­at­ing plug-in elec­tric vehi­cle use through­out the Unit­ed States. For more infor­ma­tion, vis­it DriveElectricColorado.org or fol­low us on Face­book, Insta­gram and Twit­ter.