Electrification, shifting homes, businesses, and transportation toward efficient electric technologies wherever it makes sense, offers enormous potential upside. In the right contexts, it lowers household costs, strengthens local economies, creates technical and trade jobs, and improves public health. In theory, it is the rare policy space where economic, technological, and environmental interests align. Even for […]
In many communities, clean energy progress is no longer driven by big national narratives. Positive change is being driven by what works on the ground. What saves money. What keeps the lights on. What makes daily life a little more reliable and a little more resilient. Recharge America works in this space, helping communities focus […]
The Mankato Area Foundation (MAF) has been a long-time participant in Recharge America’s work. So long, in fact, that it’s fair to call them part of the founding DNA of our place-based approach. Some of our earliest and most durable lessons about what actually makes community-level electrification efforts work came out of Mankato: the importance […]
Electric vehicles (EVs) aren’t just a trend—they’re the foundation of a global economic shift already well underway. In 2024, EVs made up over 20% of all new car sales worldwide. In China, that number is nearly 50%. Norway has surpassed with a whopping 90%. Meanwhile, the United States lags at just 10%, and without continued […]
Recharge America and its network of participants remain focused on driving transformative economic growth and local investments. We are committed to advancing clean energy initiatives, supporting innovation, and establishing markets that create jobs, drive opportunity, strengthen our economy, and encourage American manufacturing. Even as a non-partisan, non-political organization, we can’t help but reflect on one […]
