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Interoperability, Resiliency and Sustainability: Town of Carrboro’s Fleet Electrification Journey
The Town of Carrboro aims to reduce municipal and community greenhouse gas emissions and develop a system-wide approach to build resilience. One way it’s working to meet these objectives is to electrify its fleet. We spoke with Keith Berger, deputy public works director, and Amy Armbruster, chief sustainability officer, about the Town’s fleet electrification experience and future plans. When did…
November 21, 2025
Catawba College’s Electric Rideshare Is All the Buzz
For Catawba College, sustainability is everywhere. The Salisbury, North Carolina, school empowers its students to forge cleaner paths and celebrates these values with bold (and fun!) campus programming. One such initiative is CatawbaGO, a free electric vehicle (EV)-based rideshare program. We spoke with Noah Upchurch, the College’s sustainability program director, about its early success. Can you tell us about Catawba…
October 15, 2025
Cooling on Combustion: An HVAC Contractor’s Transition to an All-Electric Fleet
Mitchell Demitruk is the founder and owner of Super Cool, a small, locally owned heating and cooling contractor serving the Charlotte area. Super Cool is all in on electric vehicles, and I caught up with Mitchell to chat about that decision and how it’s going. When you and I met, you told me you don’t plan to buy another combustion…
August 12, 2025
Tools for Summer EV Road-Tripping
As summer travel heats up, it pays to know how to find reliable charging for your electric vehicle (EV) road trip. PlugShare is a website and an app that provides charging station information (energy output, pricing, etc.) and locations (addresses). It’s key for mapping charging stops along your trip. I use it for “destination charging” so that I can see…
June 30, 2025
State of the State: EV Sales Heading into 2025
Whether it’s on the news or in your inbox, you’ve likely encountered a lot of discourse around declining electric vehicle (EV) sales. But reality paints a different picture, and we’re here with the data — both nationally and for North Carolina — to back it up. National View Overall, EV sales are increasing year over year, with 2024 bringing the…
March 12, 2025
Fostering an EV Revolution, One Plug at a Time: A Conversation with Joel Bulpitt
If you’ve had anything to do with public electric vehicle (EV) charging in North Carolina over the last many years, then you likely know, or know of, Joel Bulpitt. His team at EV Revolution is responsible for hundreds of station deployments. In between his ongoing installations, he was kind enough to sit down with us and share some thoughts about…
March 4, 2025
State of the State: North Carolina’s Fast Charging by the Numbers
We hear it all the time when talking to the public about electric vehicles (EVs): “I’ll get one when there’s more fast charging available.” But the truth is, even for drivers without access to Tesla Superchargers, the state has had adequate fast charging coverage for years. Now, that doesn’t mean there aren’t pain points, hard-to-reach places or areas where charger…
February 12, 2025
Success Story: A New EV Purchase for $26,000? Here’s How
One of our Plug-in NC colleagues recently drove a new 2025 Chevrolet Equinox off the lot for less than $30K. For educational purposes, we thought we’d highlight how. Taking a step back, our driver had some criteria to make sure they’d be getting the right electric vehicle (EV) for them, and not just the cheapest one. These criteria included: A…
November 25, 2024
Charging Unlocked: Gaining Access to Tesla Supercharging
What do you do when you find your options to fast charge double overnight? Last year, Tesla announced that it would be opening its Supercharger network to additional electric vehicles (EVs), and many EV drivers are now gaining access to more fast charging than ever. Since Tesla chargers use a different plug type than other manufacturers, your initial Supercharge may…
November 25, 2024
One Last Hurrah? NCDEQ Announces Additional RFP for Nearly $2M in VW Settlement Funding
More than five years have passed since Gov. Roy Cooper tapped the NC Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) to manage the state’s share of the national Volkswagen (VW) Settlement. Over this period, transportation advocates have seen more than $92 million leveraged for diesel school bus replacements (including with electric school buses), transit bus electrification and publicly accessible electric vehicle (EV)…
November 20, 2024
Tips to Optimize Your Charging Experience
Back in 2015, we published a blog on charging etiquette. The landscape of public DC fast charging has changed quite a bit since then, however, so we’ve returned with some updated tips to keep the range of your anxiety to a minimum. TL;DR: Being a good steward of charging stations is the throughline of this article and the biggest takeaway!…
September 9, 2024
Celebrating 100 Public Charging Stations From North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives
Where are your favorite charging stops in North Carolina? Which ones have been essential to your journeys? Chances are, North Carolina’s electric cooperatives are to thank for at least one of your answers. From the mountains to the sea — Waynesville to Avon — the electric co-ops have been critical to shaping the charging landscape throughout the state. North Carolina’s…
August 8, 2024
