Drive Electric Earth Day Hawaii 2021

Hawaii EV Association and associated chapters (Big Island EV Association, Kauai EV, and Tesla Hawaii Club) and Drive Electric Hawaii hosted a webinar for Drive Electric Earth Day.

Approximate start times for each segment:

• 00:00:00 - Introduction, EV Forms video, agenda - Noel Morin, Hannah Shipman

• 00:07:30 - “EV 101 - Buying an EV and Charging” by Sonja Kass

Community Engagement Panel

• 00:25:40 - “How we got broken chargers fixed” by Sharon Geiken

• 00:36:30 - “Hawaiian Electric’s Plans for EV Charger Installations” by June Chee, EoT Senior Program Manager

• 00:46:40 - “How we got an EV charger at our condo”, by Dawn Scholz

• 00:56:20 - Panel Q&A

State Updates

• 01:05:20 - EV Policy Update by Nicole Lowen (State Representative District 6)

• 01:18:30 - State Fleet update by Robin Shishido (Hawaii Department of Transportation)

• 01:27:10 - Panel Q&A

Virtual Test Drives

• 01:33:30 - Ford Mustang Mach-E

• 01:41:10 - Tesla Model Y

• 01:49:15 - Q&A and Closing

A summary of the questions (and answers) will be published shortly.

Mahalo to our presenters Sonja Kass, Sharon Geiken, June Chee, Rep. Nicole Lowen, Dawn Scholz, and Robin Shishido, to Blue Planet Foundation, Windward Ford, and Tesla Hawaii Club for the virtual test drives, our emcee Hanna Shipman, and co-host Lauren Reichelt of Drive Electric Hawaii.

Special thanks to the national sponsors of Drive Electric Earth Day - PlugInAmerica and Electric Auto Association.