March 10, 2009 6:44 PM
Electric car bill zooms out of the House
Posted by Chantal Anderson
The state House has taken a step to promote the sales of electric cars by passing a bill that would exempt the vehicles from the state sales tax.
Electric car batteries and electric car infrastructure would be exempt from the sales tax, as well. The bill sponsored by Rep. Deb Eddy, D-Kirkland came out of the House with a 71-23 vote on Monday evening.
Eddy said in an article that ran in The Times on Sunday, "If we expect to ever meet our state greenhouse-gas goals, we will have to tackle transportation."