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DOE Planning Grant for Electric Vehicles Awarded to UHMC and DBEDT The Department of Energy has awarded nearly $300,000 to University of Hawaiʻi Maui College—in partnership with the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT)—to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in Hawaiʻi. UHMC was the only college or university that received a community planning grant in this initiative. “Our strategy,” says Susan Wyche, UHMC Special Projects Coordinator, “is to capitalize on Maui’s unique features that will support the mass adoption of electric vehicles, such as our short driving distances, high cost of gasoline, and the large number of rental vehicles that make up our vehicle population. Our goal is to have the highest EV ownership per capita in the world, and to combine that with the greatest percentage of fossil free sources to charge those EVs. Maui will serve as a case study for other islands in Hawaii, and the world.” The strategy required extensive recruiting of partners willing to dedicate personnel time to the planning process. Over 30 partners will participate, including car rental companies and car dealers, resort hotels, utility companies, local and state environmental agencies, organizations with large vehicle fleets, and renewable energy producers. In addition, UHMC will be consulting with the University of California San Diego and San Diego Regional Clean Fuels Coalition, which have been national leaders in developing renewable energy resources, innovative policies, and studies on consumer use of electric vehicles. “We worked with UH Maui College to get this grant because Maui is an ideal location for EV adoption. Maui attracts some two million visitors per year, and 85 percent of these use rental cars. Visitors and local people can test drive the cars; this will help them decide whether they would like to become EV owners. Many Maui resorts are putting in charging stations, so the infrastructure will be available. And EVs can be plugged in at night to use Maui-generated wind energy, which is usually most available in the evenings,” said Estrella Seese, acting administrator of DBEDT’s Energy Office. The connection to renewable energy is key for the project, because the goal is not just to encourage drivers to switch to electric vehicles—which would only mean exchanging where the fuel is burned from the combustible engine to the central energy plant—but to power the vehicles through renewable energy. “This grant fits with the College’s goals of providing leadership in sustainable solutions for island-based economies,” says Chancellor Clyde Sakamoto, “We look forward to cooperatively spearheading this effort which will contribute to our independence from imported fuels.”
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TOP 10 REASONS WHY MAUI IS THE PERFECT
SITE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES
EVs pose mul=ple challenges to mass adop=on
• They are expensive • They require new infrastructure • They provoke “range anxiety” • They require consumers to change their fueling behavior
Challenges for EVs (cont.)
• Poten=al owners are concerned that current technology will become obsolete quickly
• Most are sold in advance, so limited opportuni=es for test driving exist
• They create an unknown impact on old u=lity grids
But Maui could create a new paradigm for drivers: Here are 10 reasons why . . .
#10 Maui will benefit from early delivery of EVs
#9 Maui is geographically small (which helps with “range anxiety”)
48 miles wide
26 Miles across
#8 Maui hosts nearly 2 million visitors per year, (or, on average, over half of the people here are visitors) and . . .
85% of them choose rental cars for transporta=on.
That’s important in this plan, because EVs make sense for rental car companies:
• Rental car companies can purchase in large quan==es
• Fleets change over quickly (they don’t have to worry about geang stuck with obsolete technology)
• Rental car companies can capture value when they resell the cars
• Having EVs makes them more compe==ve in the rental market
EVs will also appeal to rental car customers because . . .
• They can try the cars without commiang to a major purchase
• The infrastructure is taken care of at their des=na=on
• They can get an extended “test drive” experience
• The car becomes part of the vaca=on adventure
And • In some cases, refueling is covered by their hotels
(Which leads us to our next set of reasons . . . )
#7 A majority of visitors stay at hotels or condos
clustered along the south and west
coasts of the island (where they can recharge their EV cars overnight)
#6 Parking facili=es that are available for use by the general public and have at least 100 spaces are required to install an EV charger for every 100 spaces
#5 Golf courses, restaurants, and major tourist des=na=ons are installing
charging sta=ons
#4 Rental cars will encourage local adop=on
• EVs will become familiar (as hybrids did) • Infrastructure for visitor des=na=ons can also serve local drivers (malls, restaurants, etc.)
• Seeing EVs on the road will increase buyer interest
• Local drivers can rent EVs on a trial basis • Maintenance service will be available
#3 EVs will assist Maui’s isolated grid to integrate renewable energy:
• Wind and solar energy are readily available on Maui, but . . .
• The local power company limits variable energy sources to 15% because of its impact to an old grid
• Most EVs will charge at night, when loads on the u=lity are low
• EVs will help the local u=lity company use energy from wind farms (which is frequently highest at night)
• During the day=me, EVs can draw on solar energy (and the technology is available)
• And EVs also become a poten=al source of storage -‐ a cri=cal component for an isolated grid
#2 Because of having an isolated grid, Maui has been selected as a test
site for “Smart Grid” systems by several major companies,
including MECO, GE, and Hitachi
And the #1 Reason EVs make sense for Maui?
Gas Prices are the highest in the na=on!
Price shown from May 2011
Why are EVs important for Hawaiʻi?
• Hawaiʻi is the na=on’s most dependent state on foreign oil
• Hawaiʻi spent $7 billion impor=ng oil –money lost to reinves=ng in the local economy
• 60% of that is spent for transporta=on • Hawaiʻi has set a goal of genera=ng 40% of its energy locally by 2030
University of Hawaii Maui College, in partnership with the State of Hawaii’s Department of Business, Economic
Development, has a plan for helping Maui become a na=onal leader in the mass adop=on of electric vehicles (EVs):
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ND
TOURISM
Maui Electric Vehicle Alliance (EVA)
Maui EVA will bring together interested par=es to develop a collabora=ve strategy for promo=ng EVs and encouraging infrastructure development. The group consists of government, business, academic, and non-‐profit organiza=ons.
Project Partners • Honolulu Clean Ci+es • University of California – San Diego • San Diego Regional Clean Fuels Coali+on • AeroVironment • Be=er Place • Castle and Cooke • CATRALA (Car & Truck Rental Associa+on) • Chevron Energy Solu+ons • County of Maui • Des+na+on Resorts Hawaii, Inc. • EAN Holdings (Enterprise) • GreenCar Hawaii • Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa • Hawaii Automobile Dealers Associa+on • Hawaii Electric Company
• Hawaii Electric Vehicle Network Corpora+on • Hawaii Electricians Training Fund • Hawaii Renewable Energy Development Venture • Hawaii Energy and Technology • Hawaii Natural Energy Ins+tute • The Hertz Corpora+on • Honua Kai Hotel • HNU Energy • HTDC -‐ MEP • Jim Falk Automo+ve Group • Maui Economic Development Board • Maui Electric Company • Maui Hotel and Lodging Associa+on • Rising Sun Solar
Planning will begin in Fall 2011 For further informa=on, contact
Susan Wyche, Special Projects Coordinator University of Hawaii Maui College
Tel. 808-‐984-‐3670 [email protected]
Slide Credits • Slide 1, photograph by Hiren • Slide 4, image from hop://green.autoblog.com • Slide 6, map by Google Maps • Slide 7, image of Maui Airport (OGG) • Slide 9, images of Enterprise and Hertz EV rental car adver=sements • Slide 14, Photograph by Randall Michelson • Slide 15, Photograph of Beoer Place charging sta=on, image from
hop://caradvice.com.au • Slide 16, image of Kahili Golf Course, Maui, image from hop://www.hgcsa.org • Slide 18, image of Maui Electric Company Power Plant, from
hop://www.hawaiiforvisitors.com • Slide 19, image of Kaheawa Wind Farm from hop://www.beoerplace.com • Slide 20, image of GE Solar-‐powered Carport • Slide 21, image of Chargepoint charging sta=on • Slide 24, photograph by Susan Wyche