Davis Amtrak Community Workshop
February 20 5 to 6:30pm 604 2nd Street
EV&Me: Mia Duong and Her 2013 Toyota Prius
The Owner/Driver Name: Mia Duong Age: 54 Occupation: Fire Department – Hazmat Coordinator The Vehicle Year/make/model: 2013 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Type: Plug-In Hybrid Years owned: 6 years The Experience What made you decide to go electric and how did you decide what car to get? We used…
EV&Me: Stephen Noctor and His 2018 Tesla Model 3
The Owner/Driver Name: Stephen Noctor Occupation: Associate Professor, Scientist The Vehicle Year/make/model: 2018 Tesla Model 3 Type: Electric Years owned: 1.5 years The Experience What made you decide to go electric and how did you decide what car to get? I decided to go electric to help our climate by…
EV&Me: David DeYoung and His 2018 Honda Clarity
The Owner/Driver Name: David DeYoung Age: 65 Occupation: Retired The Vehicle Year/make/model: 2018 Honda Clarity Type: Plug-in-hybrid Years owned: 2 The Experience What made you decide to go electric and how did you decide what car to get? I wanted a vehicle that was more…
Why I Ride: A Conversation With Barbara Goodman
Barbara Goodman has always been a fan of cycling, and doesn’t necessarily consider herself a trailblazer on two wheels. She genuinely enjoyed bike riding as a sport in high school and wasn’t doing it to make a statement. Living in a suburban town in Michigan…
Per Capita Davis: New report on world energy outlook
There are several highly reputable organizations tracking the science of the climate crisis and issuing regular reports. Probably the best known of these is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change at the United Nations. Another, right up there at the top in terms of reputation…
EV&Me: Denae Wagner and Her 2018 Tesla Model 3
The Owner/Driver Name: Denae Wagner Age: 54 Occupation: Veterinarian The Vehicle Year/make/model: 2018 Tesla Model 3 Type: Electric Years owned: 1 year and a couple months The Experience What made you decide to go electric and how did you decide what car to get? I leased a Fiat 500e a few…
Electric Vehicle Event Data Shows 33% Jump in Intention to Buy Electric Vehicles
On Saturday, September 21, 2019, the Davis Electric Vehicle Association (DEVA), SacEV, Cool Davis, and the City of Davis hosted a National Drive Electric Week event at the Davis Farmers Market to give residents opportunities to test drive and ask questions about electric vehicles. EVs@theMarket…
Fall Interns at Cool Davis: Nayelie and Amy
Nayelie Quezada is an environmental outreach and community development intern at Cool Davis. She is an undergraduate student at UC Davis majoring in Community and Regional Development major and minoring in Environmental Science and Policy. And upon graduation from UC Davis, Nayelie would like to…
Cool Davis Hiring Transportation Field Coordinator
Cool Davis is hiring a Transportation Field Coordinator! Please help us spread the word! The Field Coordinator trains and directs volunteers to work with households to reduce household-based greenhouse gas emissions. Activities may include communications messaging, workshops, tabling, door–to-door outreach, and special events. We are…
Join the Zombie Bike Parade: It’s a No Brainer!
Join upwards of 500 participants in Davis’ first ever Zombie Bike Parade & Picnic on October 20th in Central park. Registration starts at 10am and the bike parade starts at 11:30am. Don’t want to ride, that’s ok, come out and enjoy the festivities which will include, food…
Pedalfest Comes to Davis Community Park
Come out to The Davis Pedalfest on Sunday, November 3rd for an afternoon of bike movies and fun outdoor activities! Put on by The Bike Campaign, Bike Davis and The City of Davis, an exciting time is guaranteed for all. Bike movies will play at the Veterans…
Meet Chrissy Backman, Our New Campaign Field Coordinator
Our new campaign field coordinator sat down with our longtime writer, Michael Kluk, for a little Q&A. See the results below: What will your new job involve? As Campaign Field Coordinator, I’ll be planning and facilitating activities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in our community….
Per Capita Davis: If seeing the world helps ruin it, should we stay home?
The last column was the third of three about money, investments, and spending moving capital towards support of a sustainable future. It touched on the subject of “carbon offsets,” payments made to any number of projects that reduce (“offset”) CO2 emissions at least equal to…
Per Capita Davis: Big money and climate change
The previous column was the second of three addressing money and the transition to a fossil free future and it featured the actions of several billionaires to identify and support game changing new technologies. Incredible as it may sound, there are also trillionaires in the world, and…
Save the Date: EVs @ the Market
Davis Farmer’s Market, Saturday, September 21, 9am to 1:30pm
Peter Wagner, Cyclist Extraordinaire, Prepares for Zombie Mode
Davis icon and resident of 25 years, Peter Wagner, plans to make an appearance at the city’s first ever Zombie Bike Parade on the morning of October 20th at Central Park. This event put on by The Davis Odd Fellows and The Bike Campaign is…
EV Pop-Up at Davis Farmers Market August 17
Davis Farmers Market Saturday August 17
Why I Ride: A conversation with Clark Fitzgerald
Clark Fitzgerald first started riding a bike on a consistent basis in 2007. He came back from Afghanistan, where he had been deployed as a member of the military, and took some time off for about a year, riding his bike on frequent one-week trips….
Hannah Kornfeld: Gig Car Share
The Vehicle Gig car model you use: Chevrolet Bolts in Sacramento, Prius for trips between Bay Area and Sacramento Where you use Gig (Bay Area/Sac): Both! When you started using Gig: April 2019 The Service Gig Car Share is a new service that provides access to all-electric vehicles in…
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Visit Cool Davis and @SacEV at @DavisFarmMarket 3rd Saturdays. Not sure if Glinda will be there, but her message lives on: tap your heels three times and repeat, 'Nothing rides like an electric vehicle.'
