Tag: Climate

Why Hawaii is becoming a leader in U.S. EV adoption

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[ad_1] Customers admire a Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle at a Tesla store in Honolulu, Hawaii.  Alex Tai | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images U.S. consumers have been making the move to all-electric vehicles more slowly than many expected — but a growing leader in EV adoption is Hawaii. The tropical island state this year ranks fifth in overall EV adoption at 11.9% of new retail vehicles sold through February, according to J.D. Power. Hawaii also ranks third – behind only California (46.1) and Washington (37) – in…

How startup Recurrent values used EVs by analyzing their batteries, a key part of the longevity

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[ad_1] Recurrent, a Seattle-based startup, aims to do for electric vehicle batteries what odometers do for fuel-powered cars: Show the wear and tear on the battery and its future value. The used car market is more than twice the size of the new car market, and electric vehicles are fast becoming a part of it. That presents a new problem when it comes to valuing these cars, which run entirely on batteries. Consumers have fundamentally different questions about used electric vehicles, especially when it comes to the battery life. The…