Reduce CO2 emissions by reducing the number of drivers who operate gas vehicles, reducing the total number of vehicles on the road, plus reducing the weight and wear/tear on the roads by using lighter, lower-speed vehicles.

Reduce the total number of vehicles on the road, plus reduce the weight and wear/tear on the roads by using lighter, lower-speed vehicles.

Focus on the underserved Kupuna, Disabled, and Youth to support accessibility and mobility-challenged kama’aina by making AVA ADA-compliant.

Integrate with local businesses to provide direct delivery of groceries, drugstore items, food, essentials, and other products to serve people and deliver to businesses.

Reduce the number of rental cars on the road and in parking lots by targeting tourists and hotels to participate in using AVA, control tourist access to critical resources, track tourist use of resources, and make roads safer by preventing distracted driving that is common for tourists unfamiliar with the island.

Ease tensions between kama’aina and tourists by encouraging tourists to use AVA rather than rent a vehicle as well as provide them through our service with an opportunity to learn the importance of respecting our cultural values and natural resources.

Create diverse jobs from blue-collar to high-tech, and build local manufacturing capability to support the operations of the AVA fleet from building vehicles to maintenance and upgrades by coordinating with UHMC and local unions to create a career roadmap and pathway for young people interested in STEM so they have more jobs and reasons to live on Maui. We will also provide paid and unpaid internships, plus mentorship opportunities in Phase 1.

Engineer autonomous sensor systems and vehicle-to-vehicle communications to make travel safer for drivers by targeting distracted AVAduo operators, other drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists, and pedestrians.

Grow Maui as a recognized tech hub in the Autonomous Vehicle market sector specializing in community-served autonomous macro-mobility low-speed vehicles by developing educational opportunities and internships for students and people wanting to start a new career; export tech knowledge-based using AVAmobility products worldwide to other communities with similar destination environments as well as large and small retirement communities.

Reach out to the community and host Show & Tells as the program meets its goals so that the community can see, hear and touch AVA. We want it to be something we all contributed to making a success by making sure it is tuned to meet the community's needs.