Why electric car companies should be focused on this one ideal EV market: Hawaii {Autoblog Green}

Oct 2nd 2006 10:50PM The idea sounds nice. Hawaii Electricar has been working on this for some time now. However one obstacle is often overlooked. Driving over mountains requires a lot of juice. If one stays on the flatter areas, only driving in town, say from Kakaako to Kaimuki, it's okay, but a ton of people commute from outside town. I've tried an electric pickup, and it works okay. Went from Red Hill to Manoa without much trouble. Just don't like the idea of mainland haoles trying to "experiment" with "paradise".