New York State has an extensive network of EV advocacy groups, and we are now working with local communities to develop new chapters.
The map indicates the locations of existing and planned expansion of EV advocacy groups in New York State. Highlighted in bright orange are two recently developed groups: Drive Electric North Country and Drive Electric Ithaca.
About Drive Electric North Country and Drive Electric Ithaca
Drive Electric North Country:
Mission Electric is collaborating with the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA); www.adirondack.org a 100+ year old non-profit organization that provides community services throughout the Adirondack Mountain/North Country region of New York State. Clean Communities of CNY is a member of ANCA; and one of our DEUSA2 partners, National Grid is a member of the ANCA Advisory Board. Our team attends and participates in ANCA’s annual meeting, and then regional meetings that are focused on Clean Transportation. Mission Electric exhibited and participated in an EV ride and drive event with ANCA on September 28th, 2024, at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake, NY. Barry Carr, Director of Clean Communities of CNY is working with ANCA to host a series of virtual organizational meetings for the proposed chapter.
Drive Electric Ithaca
Mission Electric is collaborating with the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE); www.ccetompkins.org. Founded in 1894, they expanded throughout New York State in 1955 as a non-profit group to educate underserved communities throughout NYS. CCE Tompkins, based in Ithaca NY is the home office, with 54 additional community offices in NYS. CCE Tompkins has worked for over twenty (20) years with Clean Communities of CNY and Barry Carr to provide outreach at Earth Day events, and Clean Communities of CNY has co-hosted new and used EV ride and drive events, as well as EV technician training events. The Greater Ithaca area, home to two major colleges also includes many rural, low-income communities and is served by DEUSA 2 partner, Avangrid through their subsidiary, NYS Electric & Gas Company. Avangrid is working with the Mission Electric Team to host events, and they will assist in getting this new Drive Electric group organized and operating. We also assist the local transit authority (TCAT) is a NYSERDA Clean Transportation Prize project to connect EV Bike Share, EV Car Share, and Electric Shuttle bus and vehicle services to low-income residents of Tompkins County.
Mission Electric is collaborating with the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA); www.adirondack.org a 100+ year old non-profit organization that provides community services throughout the Adirondack Mountain/North Country region of New York State. Clean Communities of CNY is a member of ANCA; and one of our DEUSA2 partners, National Grid is a member of the ANCA Advisory Board. Our team attends and participates in ANCA’s annual meeting, and then regional meetings that are focused on Clean Transportation. Mission Electric exhibited and participated in an EV ride and drive event with ANCA on September 28th, 2024, at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake, NY. Barry Carr, Director of Clean Communities of CNY is working with ANCA to host a series of virtual organizational meetings for the proposed chapter.
Drive Electric Ithaca
Mission Electric is collaborating with the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE); www.ccetompkins.org. Founded in 1894, they expanded throughout New York State in 1955 as a non-profit group to educate underserved communities throughout NYS. CCE Tompkins, based in Ithaca NY is the home office, with 54 additional community offices in NYS. CCE Tompkins has worked for over twenty (20) years with Clean Communities of CNY and Barry Carr to provide outreach at Earth Day events, and Clean Communities of CNY has co-hosted new and used EV ride and drive events, as well as EV technician training events. The Greater Ithaca area, home to two major colleges also includes many rural, low-income communities and is served by DEUSA 2 partner, Avangrid through their subsidiary, NYS Electric & Gas Company. Avangrid is working with the Mission Electric Team to host events, and they will assist in getting this new Drive Electric group organized and operating. We also assist the local transit authority (TCAT) is a NYSERDA Clean Transportation Prize project to connect EV Bike Share, EV Car Share, and Electric Shuttle bus and vehicle services to low-income residents of Tompkins County.