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On the road to one million EVs

Seattle Now

English - January 19, 2022 13:04 - 13 minutes - 14.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 584 ratings
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There are 84,000 electric vehicles on the road in Washington today. By the end of this decade, the plan is to get to one million, and there’s a pile of federal money on the way to get you behind the wheel.

Guests: Seattle Times reporter Hal Bernton and WSDOT's Tonia Buell

For more information on EVs:

US Department of Energy Alternative Fuels Data Center: https://afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/electric_emissions.html

 Plugstar: https://plugstar.com

Washington State tax exemptions for alternative fuel vehicles and plug in hybrids: www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistration/altfuelexemptions.html