Green transportation describes many types of mobility that conserve energy, increase efficiency, and use clean and renewable alternative fuels.

Washington’s legislature set ambitious goals to move our state’s public vehicle fleets away from fossil fuels—gasoline and diesel—and toward cleaner alternatives. This transition from fossil fuels is well underway. Washington consumers and fleets increasingly use alternative fuels, such as clean electricity, biofuels, and renewable fuels, to move people and goods.

The state supports this transition by offering grants and incentives to public agencies, and by funding the Green Transportation Program, which provides education and technical assistance to help public fleets make the switch to vehicles that use cleaner fuels.

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U.S. EV Supply Chain Updates

The EV Supply Chain Dashboard, created by Jay Turner and his students at Wellesley College, evaluates the EV supply chain and investments resulting from the Inflation Reduction Act. Their analyses include projected jobs in the EV supply chain by sector, EV and fuel cell manufacturing capacity, and where investments in the EV supply chain are going.


 

Policy Updates

Washington Adopts Plan for Transition to Zero-Emission Vehicles

On Dec. 19, 2022, the Washington Department of Ecology updated its Clean Vehicles Program to require that all new, light-duty vehicles sold in Washington meet zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) standards by 2035.
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Washington’s National EV Infrastructure Plan

In July 2022, WSDOT submitted the Washington State Plan for Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program to the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation. Learn more.

Rulemaking Completed by WA Departments of Agriculture and Ecology

The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) completed rule making related to electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE). An overview of the rulemaking process is provided on the WSDA website.

The Washington State Department of Ecology completed rulemaking for the Clean Fuels Program Rule to:

  • Establish carbon intensity standards for transportation fuels used in Washington.
  • Assign compliance obligations to fuels with carbon intensities that exceed the standard.
  • Establish compliance methods including assigning credits to fuels that have carbon intensities below the standard.

More information is provided on the Ecology website and on the GTP Clean Fuel Programs page.

 

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