TOP: Visitors gather around a Tesla Model S owned by Philip Tait, center, during the National Drive Electric Week- Electric Car Show Saturday at Hilo Home Depot. The event was put on by the Big Island Electric Vehicle Association. For
TOP: Visitors gather around a Tesla Model S owned by Philip Tait, center, during the National Drive Electric Week- Electric Car Show Saturday at Hilo Home Depot. The event was put on by the Big Island Electric Vehicle Association. For more information about the group, visit www.bigislandev.org. ABOVE: A new Kia Soul electric vehicle is on display. RIGHT: Waiakea High School junior Titania Yangilmau, 16, stands next to the electric Ford Bronco that she helped build in her after-school electric car program
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