Three all-electric buses begin south Seattle service amid larger vehicle-electrification push

Weeks after the Washington state Legislature passed its $17 billion infrastructure package with an emphasis on transitioning to electric transportation options— included in the package is Clean Cars 2030, an effort to electrify all “light duty” vehicles with model years 2030 and after— Western Washington took an incremental step towards its climate reduction goals signaled by the state’s recent passage of carbon reduction legislation.

On Wednesday, King County Metro, alongside regional civic and transportation partners, began running three all-electric city buses out of the city of Tukwila. A now-operational test charging station at King County’s South Base will have a capacity for 40 all-electric coaches by the fall of

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