Recent News

MEVA Events August 2022!

MEVA is coming to an event near you! That is, if you live in Saline, Lansing, or Detroit. We will be attending Saline Summerfest, Lansing Pride, and Woodward Dream Cruise on 8/12, 8/13, and 8/20, respectively. If you’re in the area, we’d love for you to stop and have a chat!

Bi-Directional Charging

There are a lot of benefits to EV’s, but one that might slip under the radar is the ability to use them for bi-directional charging. This can enable an EV owner to make money, save money, and become more energy self sufficient. Learn more here!

Op-Ed Highlight

Another op-ed was recently published in the Holland Sentinel highlighting support in Michigan for electric vehicles. This is a great review of facts behind electric vehicles, as well as why MEVA’s goals are important. Thanks Richard for your efforts here!

MEVA Social Media

MEVA is live on social media! We have launched our Facebook and Twitter accounts, and are sharing more info about ourselves and EV events through them. You can find them here and here. LinkedIn is coming soon, so keep an eye out!

MEVA Meeting

MEVA met on 12/01/21 for our bi-weekly meeting. In the meeting, we reviewed our recently recruited member organizations, as well as plans to help bring more individual members on board. Thanks to MiCCA, GRCC, GRCA, MI Air MI Health, and Michigan Clean Bus and Truck Initiative for joining us! We look forward to working together […]

MEVA Meeting

On 11/09/21, we had our bi-weekly meeting. We discussed recruitment, reach-out to other organizations, and the refinement of our mission statement. We also reviewed MEVA’s discussions with Representative LaGrand’s staffers. Rep. LaGrand is pushing for increased charging infrastructure in MI, a critical piece of making EV’s available to everyone. In addition, the passage of the […]

Meeting with Gretchen Whitmer’s Staffers

On 10/27/21, we got the opportunity to meet with Gov. Whitmer’s staffers to discuss MEVA’s goals and push them forward at a state level. Governor Whitmer is launching a new program soon called “Charge Up MI Fleet”, which is a good public sector corollary to our goals in the private sector.

MEVA is Recruiting!

We’re looking for help! In particular, we’re trying to grow our social media presence and add more detailed research to our website and presentation slides. If you think you fit either bill (or have skills we’ve missed!), please reach out! Contact us here.

Op-Ed Highlight

A great op-ed on the importance of electric vehicles was published in the Holland Sentinel on 12/29/21. Click here to view it. While we’re a bit behind on the original posting, it never hurts to have an article like this re-posted for those who may have missed. Change is coming, and Michigan can lead that […]