Do you really want to know??

Does anyone really have an understanding about the reason for less smog and vehicle evaluation? Hawaii of all places, it 2000 miles from the mainland, has plenty of wind therefore not much if any pollution and now they want to tax the already limited electrical grid {which is not shared by anyone else since they are islands}... Just to sell a system that is not really needed?
A much better solution would be to have all the cars on the islands equipped with HHO generators and it would not require high cost, large government grants and putting in a complicated and dangerous system just to look good to some greenness politicians...

Plus the HHO units can be put on almost any existing cars, and will cut the pollution gases from vehicles to almost zero and not require the dangerous Electric Car Battery systems which a pain to maintain and replace...

Are some people that stupid or just driven by the " Lets look good and make it seem like we care attitude"? Electric cars are not the way to go almost anywhere! Especially in an open air island area where they get more pollution from volcanoes than anything else... HUH!

Read the following article from the web:

AeroVironment and Better Place are among six organizations to receive a share of US$2.6 million in federal stimulus funding as part of Hawaii's push to boost electric vehicle infrastructure. AeroVironment's $820,000 contract will see up to 320 of its EV charging docks rolled-out on the islands while the $854,000 awarded to Better Place will support the introduction of EVs to a rental car fleet as well as installation of charging stations.

The contracts were announced by the Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) as part of the EV Ready Grant Program.

AeroVironment will install public and semi-private charging docks throughout Oahu, Hawaii Island, Maui, and Kauai. Data collection and analysis of the effect of charging infrastructure on the power grid forms part of the contracts and the company will partner with The Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (HNEI), University of Hawaii at Manoa on this aspect of the project.

The remainder of the $2.6 million grants went to GreenCar Hawai'i ($200,000) , to introduce EVs to car-sharing services within the hospitality industry, Countyof Kauai, ($267,000), City & County of Honolulu ($400,000) for charging stations on Oahu, EVs and an online charger permitting system Plug In America ($50,000 for public education including an EV Ready Guidebook for Hawaii).

A rebate of up to $500 for installing charging docks is on offer from the State of Hawaii while EV purchasers are eligible for a rebate of up to $4,500. Hawaii has set a target of 70 percent clean energy by 2030. Currently around 268 of Hawaii's 900,000 + vehicles are registered as EVs.

Via Aerovironment, Better Place.