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Courtney Fukuda, co-founder of Metropolis, explains how her company employs AI recognition at parking garages across North America.

Don Lefeve, president and CEO of the American Car Rental Association, shares his concern about a bill that seeks to raise taxes on imported or purchased cars.

Since 1970, rental car companies have not had to pay the general excise tax when buying cars for their fleets. Instead, those companies pay a wholesale tax rate of 0.5%.

The cameras will record the external view on each drive, and the data will be uploaded through the program’s app and to the department’s data consultant, Blyncsy, where an AI system will analyze areas that need maintenance or repairs.

Military veterans 65 and older on Oʻahu will be given a $20 exemption from their annual vehicle registrations. Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi has signed a bill that makes the exemption a city law. It will go into effect next July.

Parking mandates can have a large impact on affordable housing projects, according to a report by Hawaiʻi Appleseed. HPR’s Ashley Mizuo looks at the cost of building parking.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation is finalizing a climate roadmap to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Electrifying vehicles is a key strategy.

DTRIC Insurance is hosting its August Drive Aloha Safest Driver Challenge. This month-long competition awards cash prizes to the safest drivers in the state if they download an app that tracks their driving behavior.

Hawaiʻi's largest shipping company told customers this week that it won’t ship electric vehicles to Hawaiʻi anymore. Matson says it’s because of the fire risk of shipping lithium-ion batteries. We get more on that story from Pacific Business News Editor in Chief Janis Magin.

Melissa Pavlicek, the executive director of the Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association, discusses how Trump's proposed tariffs could skew sales for the rest of the year, depending on what parts get taxed and whether the automakers have U.S. plants.