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| About Us About Conversions EVs For Sale Batson's Nightmares Links Bottlenecks and You Videos HOME Economic Patriot Costs "The Mix of Energy" Hawaii is "EV READY" |
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| 1. The cost for charging EV batteries overnight at home is under $1. The Public Utilities Commission recently approved a nighttime rate of 7.5 cents per kilowatt-hour, about half the price of regular residential electric rates. As a result, a 10 kilowatt-hour overnight EV charge will cost about 75 cents. If a typical converted car can go 2 miles on one kilowatt-hour, then the car could go 20 miles on 10 KWHr, or 20 miles for 75 cents. That's four cents per mile. 2. There are over a dozen Rapid Charging Stations on O'ahu. This is currently more of a "positive image" than a tangible benefit. The rapid chargers require a special dind of 3. The average price of gasoline in Hawaii is higher than the price in any other state in the USA. If a typcial car gets 25 miles per gallon on gasoline costing $3 per gallon, then the cost per mile just for gasoline is 12 cents per mile. The difference, 8 cents per mile, means that the driver saves $800 every 10,000 miles. Does this savings justify the $12,000 cost of conversion? After 150,000 miles (roughly 15 years), the cost of conversion would be paid back. This web page has been posted to gauge the interest on O'ahu for a seminar or workshop about conversion of vehicles. The infrastructure is in place for vehicles to benefit from a quicker convenient charge. For information about the Hawaii Electric Vehicle Demonstration project, click on www.htdc.org/hevdp/projects.html TALKING POINTS about EVs www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/ert/cc/ccfsev.html If you are interested in learning more or in hosting a workshop about electric cars at your business, call 954 646 8246 |
| Press Release Feb. 2007 Honolulu will become the first city in the country to become "electric vehicle ready" when Hawaiian Electric (HECO) installs a network of up to 20 high-tech electric filling stations where motorists can top up depleted batteries in less than nine minutes. Plans for the electric Rapid Charger Network were announced on October 27 at the dedication ceremony held at the Hawaii Electric Vehicle Demonstration Project (HEVDP) in Kakaako. Show photo of rapid charger. In addition to the ability to charge rapidly, the Rapid Charger Network will give EV drivers the security of knowing they will never be more than a few miles from their next battery charge up. The Rapid Charger Network is a public-private partnership, with initial funding from the Federal Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Matching contributions were made by HECO, AeroVironment Inc., Hawaii Electric Vehicles, Inc., a local group of entrepreneurs, and Electricore, a consortium, that's also pushing advanced transportation technologies. HEVDP is the overall project coordinator. The coalition plans to install EV chargers on the Neighbor Islands as well. HECO estimates that the price for a rapid charge for an EV battery will be less than two dollars. The cost is even less for charging EV batteries overnight at home. The Public Utilities Commission recently approved a nighttime rate of 7.5 cents per kilowatt-hour, about half the price of regular residential electric rates. As a result, a 10 kilowatt-hour overnight EV charge will cost about 75 cents. Many incentives are in place to encourage the Hawaii public to buy and drive EVs. For example, EV drivers don't have to feed parking meters because their vehicles are exempt from state and municipal parking fees. Even if riding alone, EV drivers can drive in lanes reserved for high-occupancy cars without getting a ticket. Registration fees are also waived until June 30, 2002 with the issuance of a special EV license plate. |