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The language said the 2030 target would take effect only if lawmakers created a program to charge drivers based on how far they drive each year.The bill had been hailed as pathbreaking for electric vehicles and US climate policy, more aggressive than deadlines from states like California, Massachusetts, and New York, which have set their sights on 2035. As more electric vehicles—including the Ford F-150 Lightning, which goes on sale next year—hit the road, gas sales will decline, along with the revenue from taxing them.Matthew Metz, founder and co-executive director of the Seattle-based environmental group Coltura, says he was surprised and disappointed that Inslee missed a chance to set the earliest zero-emission sales deadline in the country. Lawmakers “can keep kicking this issue down the road, but eventually it’s going to have to stop,” Metz says.In the US, state and federal motor fuel taxes account for 40 percent of transportation funding—the largest revenue source. A gas tax isn’t all bad, they say, because it charges the drivers of the most polluting vehicles more money.
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