Check out the latest information on electric vehicles in Hawaii at the State Energy Office website.

Some interesting tidbits from the site:

• ‘Fuel’ cost comparision (the annual cost to charge a LEAF is roughly half the cost to fuel a similar gas vehicle like the Versa).
• The Big Island lists four Level 3 charging stations. (The 4th is likely the upcoming HELCO station in Waimea.)
• “Free parking is provided in state and county government lots, facilities, and at parking meters.” (You get free parking at the airports too!)
• “Hawaii ranks second in the nation behind California in the number of EVs registered per thousand people.”
• “The first car to arrive in Hawaii was Electric.” (in 1899!!!)

NOTE: The EV stats in the report were from August 2016. The counts as of November 2016:

We’ve passed the 5000 mark statewide.  This is still a sliver of the over 1M vehicles in the state but we’re seeing good increases across the state.

Hawaii is kicking gas!