Author Archives: thefamilycar

New U.S. & Canada EV corridor Just yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, stood side-by-side with Michigan’s Governor Gretchen Witmer and representatives from Canada to announce “The first-ever U.S. & Canada EV corridor will enable drivers to charge their … Continue reading →

By Dean Adams Curtis How is the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program going? How is the rollout of additional EV infrastructure, well, rolling across America? You can watch and hear answers from a leader of the United States Department … Continue reading →

If you dream up a plan to create the ideal local segment of the green interstate for your community, and get initial interest from local governing bodies, you ought to prevail upon your congressperson to help guide you to funds … Continue reading →

By Dean Adams Curtis The debate over infrastructure legislation in Congress includes discussion of funding of electric vehicle charging in rural and low income communities. A report this week noted that Arizona’s Democratic Senator, Kyrsten Sinema, in quest of a … Continue reading →

By Dean Adams Curtis The first thing you ought to know about electric vehicle charging is that it has three flavors, three levels of charging. The main difference between the three flavors is how fast each charges an EV. At … Continue reading →

By Dean Adams Curtis Why not let folks linger for awhile when they pull into your town in electric vehicles needing to recharge their batteries? If you install some Level 2 chargers, the kind that take two to four hours … Continue reading →

By Dean Adams Curtis Thanks, in part, to VW cheating on their diesel tests, getting caught, and paying up for their error bigtime, our nation’s interstate system is getting hundreds of fast EV chargers installed at varied stopping islands. These … Continue reading →

By  Dean Adams Curtis Soon after greeninterstate.com went online, we got email from Kim Gallagher, a project manager for the Southwest Michigan Planning Commission, who was working to improve understanding about, and interest in, the historic U.S. 12 Heritage Trail … Continue reading →