{"id":2384300,"date":"2024-12-28T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T21:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/king-county-purchases-120-tesla-model-y-vehicles-for-car-share-services-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-28T16:22:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T21:22:05","slug":"king-county-purchases-120-tesla-model-y-vehicles-for-car-share-services-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/king-county-purchases-120-tesla-model-y-vehicles-for-car-share-services-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"King County purchases 120 Tesla Model Y vehicles for car-share services &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fking-county-purchases-120-tesla-model-y-vehicles-for-car-share-services-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2384300&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ray-epps-charged-with-misdemeanor-over-j6-capitol-protest\/\" title=\"Ray Epps faces misdemeanor charges for his involvement in the J6 Capitol protest.\">provided text appears<\/a> to be a snippet of HTML code rather than\u2064 content that conveys a specific narrative or topic. 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All costs are included as part of a monthly fare of $49.<\/p>\n<p>According to King County Metro Public Information Officer Elaine Porterfield, the cost of the 120 electric vehicles is $6.43 million.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Costs with accessories, chargers and licensing included brings it to a total of $6.49 million.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-in-floyd-county-georgia-terminates-election-director-after-statewide-audit-discovers-uncounted-votes\/\" title=\"JUST IN: Floyd County, Georgia Terminates Election Director After Statewide Audit Discovers Uncounted Votes\">county&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s 2025 budget established $5.5 million for the purchase of 221 new electric vans needed to support Metro&rsquo;s Vanpool Program.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kingcountymetro.blog\/2024\/12\/26\/vanpool-program-jumpstarts-next-gen-electric-vehicles-meeting-future-vehicle-sustainability-requirements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>county purchased the Tesla Model Y<\/strong><\/a>, which is the only seven-passenger, fully-electric vehicle that exists.<\/p>\n<p>The county touts that the Model Y costs about the same as gasoline-powered minivans. The vehicle also fits within Metro&rsquo;s cost-recovery vanpool fare model and meets King County electrification, federal grant, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">employer transportation benefit eligibility requirements<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Electric vehicles now make up nearly 10% of Metro&rsquo;s vanpool fleet. The county set out a goal of electrifying its entire rideshare fleet by 2030.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-more-men-linked-to-netflix-doc-charged-with-sexual-misconduct-with-minors\/\" title=\"Two More Men Linked To Netflix Doc Charged With Sexual Misconduct With Minors\">county&#038;nbsp<\/a>;<a href=\"https:\/\/kingcounty.gov\/en\/dept\/executive-services\/transit-transportation-roads\/fleet-services\/fleet-electrification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>set goals<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;to reduce King County&rsquo;s vehicle fleet greenhouse gas emissions by 45% over 2017 levels by 2025. As a result, the county has prioritized the purchase of electric vehicles since.<\/p>\n<p>According to the county&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.kingcounty.gov\/-\/media\/king-county\/depts\/executive\/performance-strategy-budget\/budget\/2025\/2025-proposed-budget-book\/2025_kingcountyproposedbudget_complete.pdf?rev=a1b5c40d99e94f069d60045f3d8f85cb&amp;hash=BA8979715B712965819DD49506DA8CB4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>2025 budget<\/strong><\/a>, vanpool expenditures total $13.5 million next year, a 56% decrease from the 2023-2024 budget. However, vanpool expenditures are projected to boost up to $28.7 million in the 2026-2027 biennium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1922721\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1922721\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King County buys 120 Tesla Model Y cars for vanpooling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2384301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP21292588532874-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[47532,33451,34323,47531,32076],"class_list":["post-2384300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-car-share-services","tag-electric-vehicles","tag-king-county","tag-tesla-model-y","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP21292588532874-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2384300"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2384304,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384300\/revisions\/2384304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2384301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2384300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2384300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2384300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}