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Proposal would require 43% of cars for sale in NM in 2027 to be zero-emission
The Albuquerque Journal ^ | July 3, 2023 | Dan McKay

Posted on 07/05/2023 12:18:51 PM PDT by CedarDave

RIO RANCHO — New Mexico would require automakers to deliver more zero-emission vehicles for sale in the state under a rule proposed Monday by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.

The proposal would require that 43% of the 2027 model year cars and trucks sent to New Mexico for sale meet strict clean car standards, officials said. The percentage would climb to 82% for 2032 vehicles, with the changes phased in over a half dozen years.

Under the proposal, automakers would also have the option of buying credits from other companies to help meet the 43% requirement for 2027 electric vehicles.

Electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles would count toward the percentage. Plug-in hybrid vehicles, however, would not.

Lujan Grisham, a Democrat who won reelection last year, unveiled the proposal Monday during a news conference at Chalmers Ford in Rio Rancho, surrounded by electric vehicles.

Her administration will propose the clean car standards to the Environmental Improvement Board, which is expected to hold a hearing and accept public comment before acting on the rule later this year.

Lujan Grisham described it as a critical way to combat climate change in a large state where cars and trucks — not mass transit — dominate transportation. New Mexico is the fifth-largest state by geographic size.

Larry Behrens, a spokesman for Power the Future, an advocacy group for workers in fossil fuel industries, said the governor’s announcement ignores troubling signs about the market for electric vehicles, such as recent layoffs announced by car manufacturers.

“This is another misguided proposal that begs the question if the governor’s electric vehicles are so popular,” Behrens said, “why does she have to force them on us? These arbitrary goals with arbitrary deadlines have real consequences as the cost of vehicles rises on New Mexico’s families.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: electricvehicles; evs; newmexico; regulations
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To: CedarDave

Glad I don’t own an auto dealership in Albuquerque.


21 posted on 07/05/2023 12:42:59 PM PDT by Stosh
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To: CedarDave

rev up the buses


22 posted on 07/05/2023 12:44:27 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: Reno89519

Sounds like 2027 will be a tough year for car sales. I predict sales will be down approximately 43%


23 posted on 07/05/2023 12:44:42 PM PDT by allwrong57
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To: CedarDave

Since EV’s are far from zero emission then it should be easy to prove in court they do not qualify as zero emission.


24 posted on 07/05/2023 12:45:33 PM PDT by Revel
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To: rktman

New Mexico already has huge numbers of zero emission vehicles. Most of them on blocks in the side yard.


25 posted on 07/05/2023 12:46:49 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: rellic

New Mexico is a welfare state.


26 posted on 07/05/2023 12:47:43 PM PDT by Cottonhill (Cottonhill)
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To: CedarDave

I’ve driven that route several times. Carry extra water, gasoline and an extra gun with you.


27 posted on 07/05/2023 12:53:08 PM PDT by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: Tijeras_Slim

“New Mexico already has huge numbers of zero emission vehicles. Most of them on blocks in the side yard.”

LOL! Isn’t that the truth?


28 posted on 07/05/2023 12:54:12 PM PDT by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: CedarDave

Car dealers in Amarillo, Lubbock, and El Paso to benefit.


29 posted on 07/05/2023 12:56:51 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: CedarDave
At the same time the state is asking us to limit the strain on the electrical grid due to the heat this week and next by setting our thermostats to 78 during the day if we're in the home, 82 at night, and 88 if we're away.

Oh, side note, most of the homes in New Mexico that do have air conditioning are cooled by evaporative cooling (swamp coolers). Not refrigerated air. Evaporative coolers are great for electricity costs, as they only run a small pump and a squirrel cage blower. They also work great until temps get to 95+ degrees in monsoon season, then they don't do squat. What would the strain be if we all switched to refrigerated air?

30 posted on 07/05/2023 12:57:29 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: wjcsux

I was driving a backroad in the Manzanos and came across a DeSoto in ok shape sitting next to an abandoned A Frame cabin. It was pretty weird.


31 posted on 07/05/2023 12:59:24 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: CedarDave

Will power plants that generate electricity for the battery cars be zero emissions, too?


32 posted on 07/05/2023 1:01:11 PM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: CedarDave

What are the sources of electricity in New Mexico?


33 posted on 07/05/2023 1:02:00 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: CedarDave

Sweet. I might go to New Mexico and get back in the car biz. Prices will skyrocket! Maybe I’ll specialize in diesel trucks.


34 posted on 07/05/2023 1:03:45 PM PDT by LucienCA13 (sorry if you are microaggrieved)
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To: CedarDave

Michelle

Quit trying to turn New Mexico into downtown LA. Take your sorry butt back to the District of Corruption and officially go to work for the Dimocrap Party.

You, long ago, wore out your welcome in NM.


35 posted on 07/05/2023 1:09:20 PM PDT by dontBSme
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To: CedarDave

I guess the handwriting is on the wall if I want a plug in hybrid, I need to buy it soon. Maybe I will also sink some money into rebuilding my V8 pickup truck.

This nonsense is so going to backfire and have to be canceled by the politicians who passed it.


36 posted on 07/05/2023 1:12:25 PM PDT by Robert357
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Side yard hell. Seen plenty in front yards, cubside, freeway....... 😜👍


37 posted on 07/05/2023 1:16:58 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: rktman

They are “Displaced Emssions Cars”, built by first raping Mother Gaia...


38 posted on 07/05/2023 1:19:43 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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To: Signalman
What if at least 47% of potential car-buyers don’t want an electric vehicle?

... automakers would also have the option of buying credits from other companies to help meet the 43% requirement for 2027 electric vehicles.

Huge kickbacks to companies that make electric vehicles via these credits.

Betcha somewhere a democrat has his (or her!) hand out and his (or her!) wallet fattened.

Then the actual gas engine car buyer will be paying much more for the privilege of these democrats getting their "credits".

39 posted on 07/05/2023 1:20:20 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: Stosh

I’m guessing all the Hispanics in ABQ and Las Cruces will LOVE spending $75K+ for their new electric cars in 2027!

Or maybe NM will require all whites to buy 2 electric cars so the Hispanics won’t need to. As a form of reparations...


40 posted on 07/05/2023 1:22:32 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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