02-15-2008, 06:24 AM
HELCO does not, currently, offer off peak pricing to residential customers, but by recharging at off peak, you are not increasing the load on the system. Peaker power production here is with some of the states most pollutiing plants, so recharging off peak is better for the environment. Peak hours are 5-9 pm. best recharging hours 11 pm -4 am (for the environment & to limit electrical production expansion)
Some electric car owners mainly recharge on PV, during daylight hours. (There is an EV in Kona that does...) I would love to see more PV charged EV's, but there are few dealerships anywhere & none on the islands... anyone want to invest? That has always been the major stumbling block for EV's.. lack of large stakes investors.. at the beginning of last century EV's were on par with gasoline, at the beginning of this century there was the beginning of a slight rebirth, followed by near total collapse of the industry (not just within the 'normal' vehicle manufacturers, but included many of the manufacturers that had been manufacturing commercial EV's for industry use....)
www.zapworld.com has some interesting low & mid-speed EV's with a more 'normal speed' EV coming on line. *Edited with the CORRECT site
www.phoenixmotorcars.com has the most practical & longest range (& soon to production & distribution) EV's ever, but limited to CA right now...
Some electric car owners mainly recharge on PV, during daylight hours. (There is an EV in Kona that does...) I would love to see more PV charged EV's, but there are few dealerships anywhere & none on the islands... anyone want to invest? That has always been the major stumbling block for EV's.. lack of large stakes investors.. at the beginning of last century EV's were on par with gasoline, at the beginning of this century there was the beginning of a slight rebirth, followed by near total collapse of the industry (not just within the 'normal' vehicle manufacturers, but included many of the manufacturers that had been manufacturing commercial EV's for industry use....)
www.zapworld.com has some interesting low & mid-speed EV's with a more 'normal speed' EV coming on line. *Edited with the CORRECT site
www.phoenixmotorcars.com has the most practical & longest range (& soon to production & distribution) EV's ever, but limited to CA right now...