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WiREd for the Future

20.02.12

University of Hawai'i Maui College (UHMC) Special Projects Coordinator Susan Wyche has been waiting for the electric vehicle (EV) to go mainstream for a very long time.

She was the keynote speaker on Monday, Nov. 7, at a meeting of the newly formed Maui chapter of Women in Renewable Energy (WiRE), a forum for women who are working to bring about a sustainable Hawai'i powered by clean energy.

At the one-and-a-half-hour "green" bag luncheon on the UHMC campus, Wyche presented details about the Maui Electric Vehicle Alliance (Maui EVA) project, the result of a $300,000 grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles in Hawai'i.

The grant was given to the University of Hawai'i Maui College-in partnership with the Hawai'i State Energy Office, Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) and 30 other Hawai'i government, business and organizational partners-to create an overall countywide plan and infrastructure for the widespread adoption of EVs on Maui.

Source: Maui Weekly