The Star-Advertiser’s recent editorial lauded Hawaii for being a leader in electric vehicle adoption and called for the establishment of state-level incentives to supplement the loss of federal programs (“Pull out all stops to goose EV adoption,” Our View, Sept. 5) . One policy that could help fill this gap is a gasoline displacement incentive.

A crucial element of meeting the state’s 2045 goal of net-zero emissions is decarbonizing transportation. A gasoline displacement incentive could be key to accomplishing this efficiently:

1. Incentives are determined by the amount of annual gasoline consumption displaced by the driver when they switch to an EV.

2. Biggest incentives go to those who use the most gasoline, thus reducing the most emissions when they transition.

3. Incentives co

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