Washington State Plans to Outlaw Most New Gas-Powered Cars

Washington State Plans to Outlaw Most New Gas-Powered Cars
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee speaks to reporters in Seattle on March 16, 2020. Elaine Thompson/Pool/Getty Images
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Washington state legislators passed a law to outlaw most new gasoline-powered cars in the next eight years.

SB 5974, which was recently signed (pdf) by Democrat Gov. Jay Inslee, establishes that “all publicly owned and privately owned passenger and light duty vehicles of model year 2030 or later that are sold, purchased, or registered in Washington state be electric vehicles“ and creates an ”interagency electric vehicle coordinating council.”
Jack Phillips
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