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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 Telsa 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
Plug-in NC Team Takes Flight For 2024 Earth Day Celebration
Waterfowl and wetlands and electric vehicle (EV) charging, oh my! For Earth Day this year, our team fluttered over to Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina, for an eggsighting day of bird watching and EV charging. As we tell you about our owlting, be on the lookout for plenty of impeckable bird puns. Some might be in…
May 14, 2024
What Is Charging as a Service?
It feels like there’s a subscription service for everything these days. From streaming services to community-supported agriculture to pet supplies, organizations are ready to provide an offering for your every need. It may come as a shock (pun intended), but today, this even includes electric vehicle (EV) charging. Many vendors have begun to offer charging as a service (CaaS) as…
April 10, 2024
Regulatory Update: Duke Energy Make-Ready Credit Progress Report
We’ve just hit two years since the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) approved Duke Energy’s electric vehicle (EV) Make-Ready Credit Program, known better to EV drivers across the state as the “Charger Prep Credit Program.” As part of the program, the NCUC requires Duke Energy to deliver progress reports semiannually, which can provide insight into people’s awareness of the initiative,…
April 9, 2024
Plug-in NC’s National Drive Electric Week Celebration
One of the best ways to learn about electric vehicles is to get in the driver’s seat – and that’s what National Drive Electric Week (NDEW) is all about. NDEW is a nationwide celebration that raises awareness of EVs and provides an opportunity for drivers to share their experiences and show off their cars. In 2023, we worked with Hayes…
January 25, 2024
Four Takeaways from NCDOT’s 11 NEVI Clusters
2024 is off to a momentous start for electric transportation in North Carolina. Most notably, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has released 11 sites that will make up the first phase of requests for proposals (RFPs) for eventual charging locations funded by the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program (NEVI). As a quick recap, NEVI is a federal…
January 23, 2024
Randolph County’s Electric School Bus
Electric school buses are rolling out across the country. They’re reducing emissions, safely transporting our kids to and from school, and saving operators money. We’re thrilled to see electric buses driving these benefits in North Carolina communities. It’s with great excitement that we share the electric school bus journey of Randolph County Schools, Carolina Thomas, and longtime partners, Randolph Electric…
January 16, 2024
Plug-in NC Takes to Summer School
The autumnal equinox has officially marked our passing from summer. If you haven’t been keeping up with your celestial calendar, the fall foliage, cooling temperatures and steady dosing of pumpkin spice lattes bring ever-clearer signals of our transition. Whatever you did this summer — electric road trips, beaches, pools, live music, national parks — we hope you enjoyed it. One…
October 9, 2023
