Alternative fuel vehicles and infrastructure | 2024 JLARC Tax Preference Review

Legislative Auditor's conclusion:
Alternative fuel vehicles and associated infrastructure increased in Washington. The effect of the preferences is unclear because changes in the market and increased state and federal incentives also influence adoption.
Key points:
-The 2019 Legislature created or amended eight tax preferences intended to increase the number of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) in Washington.
-The Legislature’s intent has been met: The number of AFVs in Washington has grown 230%, regardless of limits on tax preference eligibility and decreasing exemption amounts. There are more public chargers, zero-emission buses, and alternative fuel commercial vehicles and infrastructure today than in 2019.
-It is not possible to isolate the impact of these preferences on this growth.
-Funding at the state and federal level promoting AFVs, zero-emission buses and associated infrastructure has increased by hundreds of millions of dollars since 2019.
-This review provides the first accounting of the use of these preferences since they were enacted.
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