Could Hawaii’s Fossil Fuel-Powered Cars Soon Be A Relic Of The Past?The electric vehicle market is growing and state leaders want to help phase out gas-powered cars. Local auto dealers say they’re moving too fast.
Electric vehicles represent just a small fraction of the cars on Hawaii’s roads – about 1% of all registered passenger vehicles. Still, their local numbers have been swiftly rising, and some of the industry’s top automakers have plans to unleash scores of new EV models into the national marketplace soon.
Those trends have some Hawaii state lawmakers looking to make bold moves of their own during this legislative session, accelerating what’s widely seen as an inevitable transition from gas cars to zero-emission ones.
