Washington’s first hybrid electric ferry is the Wenatchee. It took two years to convert the vessel and will return to service on the Seattle-Bainbridge route next week.(Photo by Tom Banse)
Washington’s first plug-in ferry will begin shuttling cars and passengers across Puget Sound by the end of next week.
Gov. Bob Ferguson made the announcement Thursday during a celebratory demonstration lap around Elliott Bay on the ferry Wenatchee, concluding a challenging conversion to hybrid-electric propulsion over the past 22 months…