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Transportation plays one of the biggest roles in greenhouse gas emissions, with individual cars often outnumbering buses, bikes or other forms of transportation...

Chip Boyles, Executive Director of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission, joined us in #DrivingClimateSolutions by taking a Nissan LEAF for a day! The TJPDC has been around since 1972 and their mission is to plays a convene, educate and collaborate on a variety of solutions for our region (10) including transportation. They serve the City of Charlottesville and the Counties of Albemarle, Nelson, Fluvanna, Green and Louisa.

Hear more about his experience driving the…

Community Climate Collaborative asked Aven Kinley, PTO President at Greenbrier Elementary, to join us in Driving Climate Solutions! Hear her thoughts after taking the 2019 all-electric Nissan LEAF for a day. 

WATCH THE VIDEO. #drivingclimatesolutions

Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce President, Elizabeth Cromwell, drove a Nissan LEAF for a day as part of "Driving Climate Solutions," a project spearheaded by Community Climate Collaborative in partnership with CMA's Colonial Nissan. 

Check out the Facebook Live video she did with C3, and their write-up of Elizabeth's experience. 

Les Sinclair from Charlottesville Radio Group got behind the wheel of a Nissan LEAF for a day as part of our partnership with Community Climate Collaborative in "Driving Climate Solutions".

He told C3 about his experience:

I went into this drive of the Nissan LEAF expecting very little. I presumed it would be a very small car, with a small car feel and an economy car’s accoutrements. Basically, I…

We are so excited to help launch the Driving Climate Solutions campaign with the Community Climate Collaborative (C3)! 

 C3 is putting community leaders and influencers behind the wheel of an all-electric vehicle for a day to experience first hand what it’s like to drive an EV. More importantly we want to spark awareness and conversation among these leaders’ networks about how driving electric or biking, telecommuting, taking public transit, offsetting your air travel, or…