{"id":798525,"date":"2019-08-14T11:07:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T17:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=369904"},"modified":"2019-08-14T11:07:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T17:07:04","slug":"as-colorado-considers-an-electric-vehicle-mandate-heres-what-to-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/as-colorado-considers-an-electric-vehicle-mandate-heres-what-to-expect\/","title":{"rendered":"As Colorado considers an electric-vehicle mandate, here\u2019s what to expect"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Tesla Supercharger at the Park Meadows Mall in Lone Tree on April 20, 2019.<\/strong>
Tamara Chuang \/ The Colorado Sun<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Whether Colorado becomes a zero-emission vehicle state could be decided this week, as the state Air Quality Control Commission kicks off a three-day hearing<\/a> on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

If the commission decides to move forward, Colorado would become the 10th state to adopt California\u2019s ZEV policy, which requires automakers to offer a certain number of electric vehicles in those states. <\/p>\n

The policy aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by automobiles, as part of Gov. Jared Polis\u2019 push for more renewable energy.<\/a><\/p>\n

But opponents say the state can get where it wants to go without more regulations. Newer vehicles pollute far less than many older models (the EPA says \u201cnew passenger vehicles are 98-99% cleaner<\/a>\u201d than cars produced the 1960s), and the types of vehicles Coloradans buy \u2014 mostly SUVs or pickups \u2014 aren\u2019t available as electric vehicles. The belief is that consumers will buy EVs when they are priced right, vehicle charging stations are prolific and the car they want is available. <\/p>\n

The vehicles are coming, including electric SUVs<\/a>. Selection is improving and prices are coming down. The issues are as complex as they are political.<\/p>\n

Read more via The Colorado Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Colorado Sun is a reader-supported news organization dedicated to covering the people, places and policies that matter in Colorado. Read more, sign up for free newsletters and subscribe at <\/em>coloradosun.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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A Tesla Supercharger at the Park Meadows Mall in Lone Tree on April 20, 2019.Tamara Chuang \/ The Colorado Sun Whether Colorado becomes a zero-emission vehicle state could be decided this week, as the state Air Quality Control Commission kicks off a three-day hearing on Tuesday.  If the commission decides to move forward, Colorado would become the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-798525","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 02:56:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}