Sustainable Vehicles, Carshare and EV Charging

Sign up for CarShare membership at carshare.org and use code SUPER_EV - this code gets you started with no application fee and a sweet $25 in CarShare credits! (Limited to the first 50 new Superior members.)

What is carshare?

Car sharing is a type of short-term car rental where you only pay for what you use, resulting in access to vehicles without the high cost of car ownership. In addition to affordability and convenience, car sharing is good for the environment, with each carshare vehicle replacing an estimated 9-13 individual/personal cars from our roads. When used in combination with biking, walking, and other modes of public transportation, you can become an environmental super hero while saving some serious money.

The not-for-profit organization Colorado CarShare, which currently has over 60 shared vehicles along the Front Range, operates the EV for the program. Anyone who signs up for a carshare membership can drive any vehicle in the fleet. Superior’s Kia Nero EV is currently available for reservations and is located in the Downtown Superior Parking Garage (2250 Main St, first floor, space 35).

To use the vehicles, the first step is to apply to become a member by signing up at carshare.org. After becoming a member, you can reserve the vehicles up to four months in advance. Vehicle reservations can be made for as little as 15 minutes or up to multiple days. Then simply go get your vehicle at the time you reserved. Return it to the same location where you picked it up when you are done.

EV CO is an electric vehicle (EV) education initiative from the state of Colorado. Learn more about incentives, find the right EV for you and more.

Drive Electric Colorado offers one-on-one EV coaching and hosts many local events to check out EVs in person in no-pressure environments. They can also help with incentives and offer EV solutions to businesses.

Federal tax credits between $2,500 and $7,500 are available for qualified electric vehicles. FuelEconomy.gov offers an updated list of tax incentives by vehicle type.

To encourage an efficient and equitable transition to electric vehicles in the Town of Superior, electric vehicle charging stations have been installed throughout Town. These units are open to the public and available to use for $0.18/kWh of electricity for up to 4 hours. After four hours, a $25 charge will be applied to your account to help encourage shared use of the chargers.

The stations are at the following locations:

• Community Park Parking Lot
• Superior Town Hall
• Founders Park, north side
• Superior Plaza
• Superior Community Center

You may also view the Superior charging stations map.

RTD Local and Regional Transit. RTD services eight counties, including Boulder and Denver, and residents can use RTD's trip planner to easily plan trips using public transportation. Visit RTD's service page to learn more.

Commuting Solutions is dedicated to delivering innovative transportation options that connect commuters to their workplaces, businesses to their employees and residents to their communities. Check out the tools on their website for bike, transit and carpool commuting options!

Superior is a great place to bike. Check out the area trail maps.