I think Inslee is right. There's too much room for something to go wrong
with the tie to the road usage fee. Getting the first 50% of vehicles
switched from paying gas tax to road usage fee might be easy, but
getting over 75% might linger on for years and years.
Peri
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/inslee-vetoes-2030-target-for-electric-cars-set-by-washington-legislature/
A 2030 legislative goal for ending sales of gasoline and diesel
passenger vehicles in Washington has died at the desk of Gov. Jay
Inslee.
The measure, due to a Senate amendment, could only take effect once
lawmakers approved a road user fee for most [75%] state [licensed]
vehicles. Inslee embraces the 2030 target, but does not think its fate
should be tied to movement on another front.
“Setting and achieving a goal of 100 percent electric vehicles is too
important to tie to the implementation of a separate policy like a road
usage charge,” Inslee said in a written statement explaining his
Thursday rejection of the measure.
...
Initially, this measure was not tied to road usage fees.
But in an April 2 meeting of the Senate Transportation Committee, state
Sen. Steve Hobbs, D-Lake Stevens, successfully proposed an amendment
that stated the goal would not be adapted until a road usage fee covered
75% of registered light duty and passenger vehicles.
...
Inslee, in a statement released this week, said he is willing “to
explore potential of a road usage charge program as part of a larger
transportation revenue discussion.”
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