Small municipalities throughout Western North Carolina see electric vehicles as the future of transportation in their communities, but the specific approach varies from town to town.
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Letter: How can we responsibly reduce the use of fossil fuels?
“How do we move en masse from our destructive patterns and habits, our expectations that science and engineering will solve it all, that some people will always be at the bottom, oh well …?”
Letter: Let’s not despair over EV batteries
“There are many brilliant minds in companies, universities and scientific agencies working diligently to bring us a new generation of batteries.”
Letter: Fighting climate change means rejecting car-centered land use
“Furthermore, it happens that the same old land use patterns driving carbon emissions also drive housing unaffordability.”
Letter: How green are electric vehicles?
“The global mining industry is rapidly expanding, with tragic ecological and humanitarian consequences.”
Green in brief: Nonprofits plan conversion of Saluda Grade into trail
The path, running along an inactive railway, would stretch about 31 miles northwest from Inman, S.C., through Tryon and Saluda before terminating in Zirconia, about 7 miles southeast of Hendersonville. Hendersonville-based Conserving Carolina; Greenville, S.C.-based Upstate Forever; and Spartanburg, S.C.-based PAL are leading the effort.
Letter: Electric trolleys could be the (parking) ticket
“Lots of advantages to electric vehicles, especially lack of pollution and noise, and trolleys have a fond heritage in Asheville.”
Letter: Electric vehicles offer opportunity for WNC
“The Blue Ridge EV Club is an excellent resource for prospective EV owners. On Saturday, April 30, the club will hold its annual Drive Electric Earth Day event at the Asheville Outlets on Brevard Road.”
Letter: Save money by going green
“Believing in climate change is not a precondition for saving money and breathing cleaner air, especially when it is so convenient and easy to do!”
Electric vehicle infrastructure expands in WNC
Although nearly 100 public charging stations are currently installed within 15 kilometers (9 miles) of Asheville, many more are on the way. Governments, businesses and private individuals are all stepping up their efforts to electrify the way WNC gets around, with major pushes including Gov. Roy Cooper’s Executive Order 80 and Duke Energy’s ET Pilot.
Letter: Electric cars drive future of transportation
“The future of transportation is being driven by a silent group of electric-car enthusiasts who will be displaying the latest and greatest in electric vehicles on Sunday, Sept. 9, at the Asheville Outlets.”
Boone Guyton’s car is powered by the sun
When Boone Guyton and Claudia Cady take to the road, they are driving on energy gathered from the sun by their home solar panel system. The couple made the switch to an electric vehicle as a personal step to fight climate change.
Letter: Learn the truth about electric vehicles
“Would you like to stop sending our patriotic sons and daughters to the Middle East? To drive on free ‘fuel’ provided by area businesses? To breathe cleaner air? Two opportunities to learn how are coming up.”
Letter writer: You can charge your electric vehicles for free
“EVs use so little energy that even profit-driven businesses like Ingles, Earth Fare and Whole Foods can give the juice away for free, just to attract customers into their stores.”
Letter writer: Asheville drivers go electric
“If you would like to test ride and ask more questions about electric cars or learn about clean energy in the Southeast, join us at Asheville’s third annual Drive Electric Show on Sept. 11 from noon to 4 p.m. “
Brevard College teams up with Tesla to offer Tesla Destination Charging on campus
Brevard College has teamed up with Tesla Motors to provide the Brevard community with a Tesla Destination Charging facility. One of the facility’s two charging stations will be officially unveiled Monday, Oct. 26, at 11:30 a.m. Brevard College is the first college or university in the country with a facility offering free public-access to both […]
Brevard’s proposed electric vehicle charging station could alter WNC map
A proposal to establish Transylvania County’s first public charging station could expand options for electric vehicle owners across Western North Carolina.
NC’s first solar vehicle charging station dedicated
Today, Dec. 12, federal, state, corporate and local officials dedicated the first of three Asheville solar electric vehicle charging stations.
Chevy Volt arrives in Asheville; City and County flag efforts to shrink our carbon footprint
Leaders from Asheville and Buncombe County governments and a host of nonprofit organizations gathered at the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Thursday morning, July 28, for the Land-Of-Sky Regional Council’s unveiling of the 2011 Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, which General Motors boasts has lower emissions and is less expensive to operate than a regular hybrid vehicle, such as the Toyota Prius. Xpress’ environmental reporter Susan Andrew was invited to take the Volt for a spin.