Here's a fun fact that you can entertain
your family with knowing California
is the only state in America that can
create its own auto emission rules.
Did you know that it's true?
We'll explain a little bit of the
history of how that happened,
and just a little bit,
but every other state,
including Oregon and Washington,
has a choice to make.
You could follow the more LAX federal
rules or adopt the tougher California ones.
And if you decide to follow California,
you have to follow it exactly,
and that's why.
Oregon and Washington are on the road.
See what I did there on the road
to banning the sale of new cars
running on gasoline by 2035.
Washington passed the law in 2019,
committing the state to following
California's emission rules.
Many drivers are already behind
the wheel of an electric car.
In Washington,
the state recently hit the milestone
of 100,000 EV's on the road,
now building enough charging stations
to support a lot more electric vehicles.
That is going to be an engineering challenge,
but the Washington Department of Ecology
is confident it's all going to work out.
The whole network we have to deliver
fuels that gets it to our cars,
does completely different system.
But once we get that system built, you know,
the real advantage of electric cars,
aside from the fact that they
emit far less pollution,
is that they're actually cheaper to operate.
Washington State is already
taking public comment on its
rules for 0 emission vehicles.
That's Zev if you wanna say
it the way the cool kids do.
So go to the Washington Department of
Ecology homepage and type in ZEV Z
EV and then Scroll down to the bottom
of the page of the first entry and
you'll find a comment form if you
want to give public comments there.
As for Oregon,
the State Department of Energy reports
Oregon has 52,000 electric vehicles.
Most are found in Multnomah,
Washington and Clackamas County,
but if you look closely there at the map.
You can see that Malheur County
has 37 electric vehicles.
Oregon adopted the California
emission standards back in 2006,
and we're still following their program.
So look at this chart.
It shows how the ZEV program is
going to be rolled out here.
Look at the numbers on the right.
They show that in the year 2026,
less than four years from now,
zero emission cars must make up at
least 35% of all the new cars sent
to Oregon for Sale by auto companies.
And while they say cars,
I mean trucks as well, all vehicles.
In less than four years you're
going to see a lot more zevs on
the auto dealerships,
but at least that's the plan now.
Some dealers I've talked to recently
say it's really hard to get new
electrical vehicles in right now,
but things should get better.
As you look down the chart you
can see the requirement is 100%
of those new cars and vehicles by
twenty 3500% going to be zevs.
Now some of you have asked if you'll
have to scrap your gas powered car
or at least not sell it to somebody.
The answer is no, you don't have to scrap.
You can keep the gas vehicle as long
as you want, and at least for now,
selling it is not a problem either.
The Oregon Agency coming up with
these rules is the Department
of Environmental Quality.
Today they held a zoom meeting
complete with PowerPoint slides and
super small boxes that are on the
right for the speakers and it is
something that they talked about here.
So what are the things that they
talked about was how much it's going
to cost and that it's going to help?
That it's going
to reducing these emissions overall
will provide a benefit to low income
communities and communities of color
who are often disproportionately
impacted by transportation pollution
due to their proximity to roadways.
It can also result in reduced mortality,
reduced hospital visits,
and fewer lost workdays,
resulting in financial savings
at what we estimate is a total
benefit of up to $625 million.
OK. Well, that's a lot of money.
But when pressed, then the speaker
there was admitting that, well,
that came from a California report.
Now, they also talked about what
it's going to cost the automakers
to come up with all these changes
in the modified versions and the
ZEV and all that sort of thing.
They estimated it's going
to be about $3 billion.
I got to tell you though,
an executive from Ford Motor Company
who leads their electrification
policy and projects team was
on the call and could not.
Let that one pass.
Rachel, this is Steve from Ford.
I think Ford alone has committed to,
we're in the process of investing $50
billion before 2026 on our EV plan.
And I I know where that's just for.
The other companies are in similar spots.
So there's a tremendous amount of investment.
Being targeted for this,
and that's a good thing that's
going to make this happen,
but it's a lot more than $3 billion.