SEATTLE, August 13, 2020 / PRNewswire / – A recent precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court It has opened the door for states to enact legislation requiring all new cars sold in the state to be electric on a safe date, according to an article in the nonprofit legal journal Coltura published in the University of Michigan’s Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law.
The article notes that government vehicle electrification mandates may address legal demand situations based on federal preference if they are based solely on reasons for the transition to electric cars under state authority. These reasons come with benefits for the electricity grid, such as load balancing and energy storage, increased employment and economic development, reduced stormwater pollution, and consumer savings. States deserve to avoid basing electrification mandates on reducing vehicle emissions and fuel savings, which is based exclusively on the federal level under the Federal Clean Air Act and the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.
The segment refers to the 2019 Supreme Court case in Virginia Uranium v Warren, which limited the ability of courts to read about the state’s motivations for enacting legislation.
“The Supreme Court has indicated that it is open to allowing states to follow their own path on environmental issues,” said Matthew Metz, newspaper editor and founder of Coltura, a nonprofit organization that seeks to take the country beyond gasoline. “That’s how our federal formula will have to work, with states as labs for democracy.”
Seventeen countries have already announced plans to phase out sales of new internal combustion engine vehicles, with start dates ranging from 2025 to 2040. Four states, California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, and Washington, together account for about 15% of the U.S. automotive market. expenses that require all new cars sold in the state to be electric. Approval of those expenses can create a seismic replacement in the U.S. automotive market.
The Washington bill, drafted according to the legal lines known in the law review section, required all new cars to be electric by 2030. Bill HB 2515, introduced at the 2020 legislative session, won that of 8 committee chairmen in its first year. Supporters intend to ask for a similar invoice to be approved by 2021.
An accepted article for presentation at the World Electric Vehicle Symposium, which summarizes the article of law is here.
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