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HADA Numbers:
70000
65000
60000
55000
50000
45000
40000
35000
30000
57,456
1989
1990
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Hawaii Retail Automotive Market
54,544
New Vehicle Registrations by Year
47,783
45,249
44,865
45,054
44,175
42,487
41,08341,480
40,673
1991
1992
1993
1994
It’s like the old Pharaoh’s dream. Seven fat years followed
by seven lean (or at least leaner) years for Hawaii’s
retail auto industry.
Now comes a new regulation that is sure to affect sales.
New cars and light trucks which are sold in the U.S.
market in 2025 must average 54.5 mpg--a requirement
that doubles the current mpg average.
That’s in just a little over 12 years --just 1.5 auto-buildout
cycles.
To keep SUVs, big trucks, and vans in their lineups and
attain an average of 54.5 mpg, some large automakers
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
7
years
53,314
51,50051,388
2000
2001
2002
62,712
2003
65,882
2004
70,268
2005
67,224
2006
57,526
calculate that they will need to produce and sell hundreds
of thousands of EVs in the U.S. market.
It’s clear that the new rules were, in part, crafted to
foster the adoption of electric vehicles, which are given
2x credit in the calculations.
Hawaii, because its ideal conditions, is becoming the
testing ground for several automakers.
There’s some teeth in the program in the form of a $.50
per tenth-of-a-mile penalty for each vehicle sold if the
automaker’s U.S.-sold fleet number is in non-compliance.
An automaker falling 10 mpg short at a 44.5 average
would thus see a penalty of $50 per vehicle.
2007
42,804
2008
35,531
34,019
33,639
2009
7
years
2010
2011
43,100
(est.)
2012