Electric vehicles, the greenest and trendiest way of getting around, are also a charged political issue on the highways of Colorado.
Policymakers, led by Gov. Jared Polis and the Democrats who control the General Assembly, aren t easing off the accelerator anytime soon.
Immediately after taking office in 2019, Polis signed an executive order calling for 940,000 electric vehicles on the road in Colorado by 2030, roughly 43% of the passenger vehicles for sale.
That s a big jump: EVs are about 5% of the state s vehicle market.
It also won t be cheap. Try on more than $1.2 billion in the next decade shared by EV owners, businesses and the government.
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March 1, 2021
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the chair of the Senate Education and Health Committee, has joined Sen. Catherine Cortez-Masto, D-Nev., and Reps. Jahana Hayes, D-Conn., and Tony Cárdenas, D-Calif., to introduce the Clean School Bus Act.Â
The legislation would provide $1 billion for grants to help school districts across the country replace traditional school buses with electric units. By reducing studentsâ exposure to diesel exhaust, the bill would significantly reduce studentsâ risk of asthma and other respiratory illnesses and provide long-term savings to school districts.Â
âAs we work to ensure a brighter future for children in Washington state and across the country, itâs crucial for both the health of our students and the future of our planet that we invest in zero-emission transportation,â says Murray. âThis legislation is good for the health of our students, our economy and our planet – and I look for