Friday Factoid: Hybrid and Electric Cars in Hawaii
There were 15,258 hybrid vehicles registered in the state of Hawaii, according to The number of electric vehicles was 1,551 — an uptick of 83 percent compared to the same time last year.
Still, the total number of hybrids and electric vehicles makes up just 1.4 percent of Hawaii’s total automobile population. The chart below shows year-to-year growth through 2012. Mouse over the bar chart to see the numbers for each year.
New state and federal efforts aim to make more data publicly available. We don’t want that to go unnoticed so we’re publishing simple facts from open data sites like and .
