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Washington State Passes Bill to Eliminate Gas-Powered Cars by 2030… GOP Lawmakers Skeptical of Plan’s Feasibility

By Amber Crawford

Washington state legislators have passed a bill that aims to eliminate most gas-powered cars by 2030, forcing a state-wide switch to electric vehicles. The goal set by this legislation is ambitious, and hard to say how feasible it is to accomplish in just eight years.

The Senate bill states 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 by electric vehicles.”

Currently, according to The Seattle Times, only 1.3% of cars on the road in Washington run on battery power, meaning the state has a long way to go to meet its proposed goal…

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