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State agency gearing up to invest over $50 million in Hawaii companies

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Volta Inc. is one of the companies the state invested in years ago, with its business model of providing free electricity for electric-vehicle drivers by having businesses pay to have advertisements on the charge machines at commercial properties. Above, a Volta electric vehicle charging station inside Ala Moana Center’s parking complex.

There’s a good chance Oahu consumers have seen digital advertising screens at free electric vehicle charging stations mainly at shopping centers around the island.