How many EVs are cruising Hawaii?
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How many EVs are cruising Hawaii?

Adoption is accelerating across Hawaii, with very positive YoY growth. This is very positive, but more must be done to accelerate adoption. Hawaii consumes nearly 40,000,000 gallons of gasoline and diesel each month, and gas vehicles still represent about 94% of registered vehicles.

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Federal Tax Incentive Updates
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Federal Tax Incentive Updates

The IRS announced today a change to the MSRP caps. These allow for more vehicles to be qualified for the clean vehicle tax credit. Here’s the current list of vehicles that qualify for the credit.

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Hawaii Single-Port EV Charger Rebate Bill signed into law
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Hawaii Single-Port EV Charger Rebate Bill signed into law

Good news! SB2720, which expands the Hawaii Energy EV Charging Station Rebate Program to include single-port chargers, has been signed into law.
Passage of this bill means that property owners can avail of the rebate when installing single-port chargers. This will help expand Hawaii’s EV charging network.

image courtesy of Michael Fousert.

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Drive Electric Earth Day 2022 in Hawaii
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Drive Electric Earth Day 2022 in Hawaii

Hawaii EV concluded its month-long celebration of Drive Electric Earth Day on April 30 with a webinar that reviewed our events and offered our audience with information about EV ownership, buying, and charging tips.

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Solar Powered Charging at UHCC Hilo
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Solar Powered Charging at UHCC Hilo

Greeinvest has just completed its installation of a stand-alone, off-grid EV charging station. The station, an EV ARC, is a portable solar-power charging system produced by BEAM. Michael Ryer, Greeinvest founder, supervised the installation of a unit at the UH Community College (1175 Manono St., Hilo).

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Hydrogen Cars - Folly or Common Sense?
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Hydrogen Cars - Folly or Common Sense?

California’s experience with hydrogen fueling stations holds lessons that can help Hawaii avoid waste and accelerate its transition to clean energy. It is on track to spend over $400,000,000 on a network of 100 hydrogen fueling stations. The rationale seems to be built on the axiom “build it, and they will come.”

The reality is that it’s unlikely that ‘they’ (fuel-cell electric cars) will come fast enough to play a meaningful role in the decarbonization of ground transportation. Many factors are playing against it in Hawaii:

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Coming to the Big Island - A Sustainable EV Charging Station
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Coming to the Big Island - A Sustainable EV Charging Station

East Hawaii will be hosting its first EV Arc charging station, a solar + battery EV system. The system is being deployed at UH Community College in Hilo by GreeInvest. This stand-alone, portable charging solution has been deployed in several mainland cities and offers site owners flexibility in installing charging stations.

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Electric vehicles for the environment
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Electric vehicles for the environment

Hawaii EV’s Noel Morin recently presented the rationale for EV ownership at a Hawaii Climate Coalition meeting. He covered strategies to enable sustainable transportation, the benefits of electric vehicles, and the role of public charging in making our transition to clean transportation equitable.

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EVs as a Service - Envoy Hawaii
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EVs as a Service - Envoy Hawaii

Envoy’s Mobility as an Amenity is now delivering a unique, clean transportation service for residents of an apartment complex in Honolulu. Residents of Halekauwila Place Apartments have access to a new Nissan LEAF that can be booked through the Envoy Mobility app.

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Know your battery with Recurrent
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Know your battery with Recurrent

Recurrent provides monthly reports that describe the state of your car’s battery. This may allow owners to detect insidious degradation that may require attention. Learn more about this free service.

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Pole-mounted EV chargers?
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Pole-mounted EV chargers?

Earlier this year, EVSE LLC’s pole-mounted EV chargers were deployed in Melrose, MA as part of a pilot with the local utility, National Grid. The devices were installed 10 feet up several power poles around the city. To access the service, users utilized a mobile app offered by AmpUp, a California-based software company and network provider.

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Hydrogen in Transportation
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Hydrogen in Transportation

A public debate regarding the merits of fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) continues to brew despite the obvious advantages of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs). Many comparisons have been made, including cost and lifetime emissions. We recently were invited to join Think Tech Hawaii's Jay Fidel to discuss the matter and it allowed us to further expound on the matter.

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How green is my car?
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How green is my car?

MIT’s Carbon Counter offers a peek into the lifetime emissions and cost-of-ownership figures for cars, SUVs, and light-duty trucks available in the US.

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