Month: December 2018

Electric Vehicles Gaining Interest with Consumers, Co-ops

Electric Vehicles Gaining Interest with Consumers, Co-ops Paul Wesslund, North Dakota Living   Nationwide, and worldwide, consumer interest in electric vehicles (EV) is steadily climbing. Electric cooperatives are adapting to this trend through evaluation of popular current EV models, purchase of suitable EVs for co-op vehicle fleets, and installation of public EV charging stations Should…

Electric cars sales, efficiency continue to grow

Electric cars sales, efficiency continue to grow John Meyers, Grand Forks Herald   If Northlanders really wanted to be like Norwegians we’d stow the cross-country skis and stoic love of cold and buy a Tesla. Norway reached a milestone in December when electric vehicles accounted for 52 percent of all new vehicles sold in the…

West Fargo Public Schools’ First All-Electric School Bus

West Fargo Public Schools’ First All-Electric School Bus Wendy Reuer, West Fargo Pioneer   While it will cost more upfront, the state’s first electric school bus could become the cheapest form of transportation in the future. The West Fargo School Board decided Tuesday, Nov. 14 to buy its first and only all-electric school bus for…