Project Name,Initiative/Award,Awardee,Status,Date,States Impacted,Project Description,More Information,Results,Award,Local Matching Funds,Partners
  Midwest EVOLVE (Midwest Electric Vehicle Opportunities: Learning Events Experience,Plug‐In Electric Vehicle Local Showcases,Twin Cities Clean Cities Coalition,Complete,Oct 2016,"Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Wisconsin","The Midwest Electric Vehicle Opportunities: Learning Events Experience (Midwest EVOLVE) project is an effort to promote plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in a seven-state area including Illinois Indiana Michigan Minnesota North Dakota Ohio and Wisconsin. This effort educated the general public workplaces corporate fleets and auto dealer staff about the benefits and advantages of PEVs in a variety of settings such as auto shows ride and drive showcases dealership trainings and workplace charging challenges. The seven Clean Cities coalitions partnering to host these events across the Midwest also distributed and analyzed pre- post- and follow-up surveys of attendees to determine the outcomes of these outreach efforts. 

As of 2018 Midwest EVOLVE has executed a total of 78 ride and drive showcase events 12 PEV dealership training events 29 workplace charging challenge showcases 10 extended test drive programs 27 PEV forum events and over 90 educational outreach events. In total over 90000 attendees have participated in these events. Notably the project had displays and ride and drives at the Chicago Auto Show the Milwaukee Auto Show the Twin Cities Auto Show and the Ohio Auto Show in 2018.  From the analysis of pre- and post- surveys the project partners determined that over 21% of those surveyed have purchased a PEV since attending an event. As part of the project Argonne National Laboratory launched the Evolution Consumer Choice Tool which helps consumers understand the different powertrain technologies and connects them to PEV information on the DOE-supported Alternative Fuels Data Center and FuelEconomy.gov. 
",https://cleancities.energy.gov/partnerships/projects#PEV-showcases,midwestevolve.org (https://www.midwestevolve.org/),"$949,977","$1,010,180","American Lung Association, Minnesota Clean Cities Coalition, Chicago Area Clean Cities, Clean Fuels Ohio, Greater Lansing Area Clean Cities, North Dakota Clean Cities, Statewide Indiana Program, Wisconsin Clean Cities, Argonne National Laboratory, PlugInConnect"