(Olympia) --- State and local governments would be required to purchase only electric vehicles (EVs) with passage of a bill now moving through the Washington legislature.
In October 2020, the US House and Senate introduced the Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2020 — companion bills that would require that all new passenger vehicles sold in the US be zero-emissions vehicles (electric or hydrogen powered) by 2035.
A new poll from Yale University, George Mason University and Climate Nexus finds 59 percent of Washington voters support a policy that would require cars and light trucks of model year 2030 or later be electric in order to be registered in Washington state.
Coltura worked with Washington legislators and Yes Clean Cars coalition members on legislation calling for swift electrification of state and local government fleet vehicles.