(The Center Square) – The state trucking industry is calling on the Legislature and Gov. Jay Inslee to detach Washington state from a California-based electric vehicle program due to a variety of practical and logistical factors that they argue threaten the supply chain system.
Under California’s Advanced Clean Trucks program, the trucking industry must progressively transition to zero emissions for medium and heavy-duty trucks. Starting next year, zero emission vehicles must make up 7% of all Class 2b-3 truck and Class 7-8 tractor sales, while Class 4-8 truck sales must be 11% zero emission vehicles.
By 2030, the sales percentages will need to be 30% for Class 2b-3 trucks and Class 7-8 tractors, and 50% for Class 4-8 trucks.
Washington Trucking Associations President Sheri Call wrote in an Aug. 15 letter to Inslee expressing concerns about “vehicle costs, operational challenges, and low to non-existent vehicle adoption. We feel these issues will place constraints on the industry and reduce supply chain resiliency in Washington state – one of the most trade-dependent states in the nation.”