Wonder if truck makers will start making 10001 # 1/2 tons.

House bill 1204 has nothing to do with vehicles. It is in regard to plastic packaging. HB 1204 is a *Companion Bill to SB 5256. HB 1204

Senate bill 5256 is in regard to the discussion at hand. It includes "light duty motor vehicles with a scale weight of up to 10,000 pounds". So having a 1/2T with a GVWR of 10,001# wouldn't do you any good. OTOH, there is no definition in the bill of what a Heavy duty vehicle is.

Note that hydrogen vehicles that are propelled SOLELY by an electric motor are viewed the same (in this bill) as all-electric vehicles.

SB 5256 bill has not gone to Committee yet.

SB 5256

*Companion bills are to be identical in Wa. State. They are bills simultaneously brought up in the House and Senate in order to expedite passage to law.

Also of note, Wa. state law absolutely forbids any bill from embracing more than one subject. This has not stopped law makers (or private citizens *cough* Eyman) from trying to do so on many occasions (they never learn). When that happens, The new law is challenged in the Wa. State Supreme Court and they throw out the new Law. It's dead at that point. To get the law passed, the entire process has to be repeated.

Like a lot of these goals thinking on this a bit. Thor will be a LOT of fine tuning between now and then. Possibly a delay or two. Just as another goal at one time, no boats will be painted with copper based bottom paint. That thought is delayed, due to paint manufactures not being able to come up with a satisfactory non copper based bottom paint for those in salt water.
I suspect many of the states trying to pull off this get rid of ICE vehicles will not totally succeed. Altho a reasonable "BWHAG" ie"Big Wild Hairy Assed Goal". Nothing wrong having a BWHAG be it personal, business, or government oriented.

Marty

Ummmm.....
If "I'm" reading this correctly, they are saying anything under 10,000 lbs scale wight. That would include my now dead C2500. My 05 crew cab dually. Along with every other vehicle or truck I've owned! As ALL but my Navistar dump truck scaled in at under 10000 lbs.
"IF" talking gross wieght, that's another story. I can out a 10000+ gvw registration on any truck plated vehicle in the state.

Marty

Dadoffourgirls wrote:

Reisender wrote:
... Plus electric vehicles are a fraction of the cost to operate...

A fraction like 9 over 10! My registration is more, my insurance is more, fuel cost slightly cheaper, and no oil change at 7500 miles. That is not including the cost to upgrade electrical to have a charger in the garage.

Probably depends where you live.

My registration is the same. Supposed to go up buy 120 bucks in 2023 though. Probably to pay road taxes.
My insurance is the same.
Fuel cost is about a quarter.
Upgrade was 350 bucks to put in a stove plug in the garage. . But for many they just use 120 volts for charging. But yah, it can vary from person to person. And yah, for a pickup with a bigger battery I would want the stove plug.

There are some smokin deals on 2020 and even 2021 bolts right now. Brand new. 25000 and under.

Cheers.

So they are encouraging overloading trucks?

Reisender wrote:
... Plus electric vehicles are a fraction of the cost to operate...

A fraction like 9 over 10! My registration is more, my insurance is more, fuel cost slightly cheaper, and no oil change at 7500 miles. That is not including the cost to upgrade electrical to have a charger in the garage.

Tyler0215 wrote:
Another example of putting the cart before the horse. Are there plans underway to charge all the new EV's?
Last week in Texas proved how vulnarable the power grid is.

No common sense please. This is a hopes and dreams thread....lol

I sat through most of Texas’s problem last week. Had to get outta dodge to get a hot meal and a plane flight home.
Fwiw gas stations were mostly closed too.

This is not an if, but when, scenario. And it’s all fine. As long as it takes the natural progression and isn’t forced into action by liberal politics.

So who is going to pay for the highways in Washington?

Moved from General RVing.

If you think Congress is nutty, look at the nation’s Legislatures and their actions.