Washington state is sticking with its absurd mandates to turn the trucking industry all electric, despite the complete lack of infrastructure for an EV fleet and the further lack of support in the surrounding states.
But, representatives in the industry oppose the mandates because they feel the state is pushing too soon and that the mandates can’t work on the timeline the state is pushing.
One of the ridiculous rules forces semi-truck dealers to sell a certain number of EVs before they are allowed to sell a diesel or gas vehicle. But these dealers can’t sell any EVs because no one wants them.
Making matters worse for Washington truckers is the fact that the states around them are pulling back on pushing their own mandates because EVs are failing to come through for the cost savings and environmental cures.
Per Just the News:
Gordon said other states surrounding Washington are actually pulling back from plans that require expediting the move to EV trucking.
“Oregon has relaxed restrictions while Washington decided to issue another rule that keeps them in compliance with California,” he said noting that Washington is still linked to California emissions goals, while other states have severed plans to tie their goals to those standards.
As reported by Mountain States Policy Center, Idaho was among 17 states that successfully sought a repeal of California’s electric truck mandates.
“Buyers aren’t purchasing EVs which are available because they’re so expensive and there’s no infrastructure within the state of Washington, let alone, 60 to 70% of the trucking market is interstate. So even if we had infrastructure here and a product that worked, what are you supposed to do when you take a load from the port of Seattle to Idaho, Montana, Utah?” questioned Gordon. “How are you supposed to get that because they aren’t investing in this electrical infrastructure and have no intention to?”
Gordon says buyers are taking their business to other states.
“It really forces customers to buy diesel trucks outside of the state of Washington so that they continue their interstate trucking operation because we’re building a fence around the state of Washington that doesn’t work for an interstate market,” said Gordon.
EVs are a complete failure.
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