Electric Vehicles in the Arctic (EVITA), includes a workforce development focus that will benefit Alaska communities and address a common barrier to EV adoption: local maintenance and repair. This effort brings together the University of Alaska Anchorage’s (UAA) Community and Technical College Auto/Diesel Program, the Alaska Technical Center in Kotzebue, the
Galena City School District’s Galena Interior Learning Academy, as well as tribes and researchers to develop and deliver culturally appropriate and community responsive workforce development curricula tailored to EVs in rural Alaska.