As the Washington Interagency Electric Vehicle Coordinating Council contemplates its agenda for next year’s legislative session, the state Senate is on the verge of passing a bill based on some of its recommendations that would ban certain types of car tires as well as prohibit diesel-vehicle idling.
Last month, the EVCC submitted its Transportation Electrification Strategy, which included 86 policy recommendations related to transitioning away from fossil fuel vehicles and toward EVs.
Senate Bill 6304 , sponsored by Senate Transportation Committee Chair Marko Liias, D-Mukilteo, would enact many of those recommendations. Among the bill’s provisions is a directive for the state Department of Commerce to ban the sale of replacement tires for passenger cars and light duty trucks that don’t meet California’s tire energy efficiency standards.
The bill would also allow direct sales from electric vehicle automakers to consumers and ban diesel vehicles from idling for more than five minutes any at location, while diesel-trucks would be prohibited from idling for more than five minutes within 100 feet of certain locations.