Gina Coplon-Newfield
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Cambridge, MA, United States
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Corporate Fleets Making the Switch to Electric Vehicles
Recently, 10 major transnational corporations launched EV100, a new global initiative to slash emissions by increasing the number of corporate fleet electric vehicles on the road. → Read More
Corporate Fleets Making the Switch to Electric Vehicles
Recently, 10 major transnational corporations launched EV100, a new global initiative to slash emissions by increasing the number of corporate fleet elec... → Read More
Lyft to Power 1 Billion Automated Electric Car Rides Per Year by 2025
Lyft announced that to drive climate action and electric vehicle use forward, its shared platform will provide at least 1 billion rides per year using electric autonomous vehicles by 2025! → Read More
2016 Electric Vehicle Sales Soar: Jumping 80 Percent Over Previous December and 37 Percent Over 2015
Photo Credit: Mary Lunetta, taken at the San Diego, CA National Drive Electric Week Event in Sept, 2016. This past December brought in the highest electric vehicle (EV) sales in the U.S. ever - by a lot. According to Inside EVs, American consumers bought nearly 25,000 EVs last month, an amazing 80 percent increase over December of 2015 and a more than 7,000 car increase over the last monthly… → Read More
Ready to Buy an EV? Here's How to Save Big
Drive Green with Mass Energy is offering Massachusettes and Rhode Island residents massive discounts on the Nissan LEAF, Chevy Volt, Ford Fusion and Ford C-MAX → Read More
Ready to Buy an EV? Here's How to Save Big
Drive Green with Mass Energy is offering Massachusettes and Rhode Island residents massive discounts on the Nissan LEAF, Chevy Volt, Ford Fusion and Ford C-MAX → Read More
New Data Shows Auto Industry Failing to Advertise Electric Cars
In the past month, how many car advertisements have you seen? I've seen a lot, and I don't know about you, but I'm excited to drive fast on forested road... → Read More
7 Things to Know About Billions in VW Clean Transportation Funds
This post was co authored by Katherine Clements, a Legal Assistant with Sierra Club's Environmental Law Program. From 2009 to 2015, Volkswagen... → Read More
Hundreds of Thousands of People Plugged into National Drive Electric Week
Plug-in electric vehicle (EV) sales have jumped 29 percent in the United States in the first several months of 2016 over last year -- and a whopping 49 percent increase globally. Consumer Federation of America just released a report showing increasing consumer interest in these vehicles while last week, people flocked to hundreds of National Drive Electric Week events to find out for themselves… → Read More
Gina Coplon-Newfield
Gina Coplon-Newfield directs the Sierra Club's Future Fleet & Electric Vehicles (EV) Initiative, which works at the national and state level to advocate for EV consumer incentives; educates the media, policymakers, and the public about the benefits of plug-in vehicles; and advocates for companies to reduce their reliance on oil. Coplon-Newfield, who earned a BA at Tufts University and and a… → Read More
Move Beyond 'Dieselgate' At National Drive Electric Week
Photo Credit: Joshua Dowdie and Misha Kaur Photo Above: 2015 Richmond California National Drive Electric Week Event Have you ever thought about switching to an electric vehicle (EV)? Duped drivers of so-called "clean diesel" Volkswagen cars in particular may be in the market. This week, you have a terrific opportunity to check out truly cleaner cars at more than 200 National Drive Electric Week… → Read More
Why Are Electric Vehicles Only 1% of Total Monthly U.S. Auto Sales?
Why Are Electric Vehicles Only 1% of Total Monthly U.S. Auto Sales? → Read More
It's Time to Rev Up EVs
Mary Lunetta, a campaign representative for Sierra Club's Electric Vehicles Initiative co-authored this post. We're in the midst of a transportation revolution. Have you - or your friends and family - been thinking of switching to a plug-in electric car? Sierra Club has launched the "Rev Up EVs Campaign," which gives people the opportunity to both check out EVs near you and help us understand… → Read More
You Know Electric Cars Are Poised to Take Off When the Koch Brothers Plan the Technology's Demise
Photo Above: A sampling of the electric vehicles available on the market today. Photo Credit: Sierra Club. Electric vehicles (EVs) are on the rise. In some locations, it's no longer surprising to see LEAFs, Volts or any of the multitude of available plug-in models driving alongside us on the road. Not even the climate-change-denying, fossil-fuel-baron Koch brothers, who run Koch Industries, have… → Read More
Are You Ready to Power Your Car With the Sun?
Drive Green For Life formed among the solar installer SunPower, Ford Motor Company and Sierra Club to make it easier for folks to drive electric vehicles → Read More