By TOM STEVENS, The Maui News
With generating systems powered by sunlight, wind, waves and biomass, EV is a hot prospect in Hawaii. Some of the same forces that drove the global satellite telecom boom are now pushing another technology – the battery-powered electric vehicle (EV). Like Maui’s first satellite phones and kite surf rigs, these cars may seem odd and out of place. But if their backers are successful, EVs might become the next new normal. A few early adopters can already be seen tooling around the island in economy-priced Chinese Flybos and American-made Wheego Whips. If you’re in the right place at the right time, a high-end Tesla might even streak past, but those sightings are rarer. Whips and Flybos cost around $10,000; the Tesla runs into six figures.
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