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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: rktman

Side yards in the neighborhoods with HOAs. :)


41 posted on 07/05/2023 1:22:44 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: CedarDave

You’d think people would have learned of the dangers of central planning in the 20th Century with the Soviet example. Really Communists in general. Which is precisely what this is, Communist level stupid central planning.

People don’t want them.

We don’t have enough electrical generation to make this transition happen this quickly, and electrical plants take a long time to build.

We don’t have enough transmission and distribution capacity to make this transition happen this quickly, and electrical T&D upgrades take a long time to build.

We don’t have enough mining and materials processing for the batteries and conductors to make this transition happen this quickly, and that capacity takes a long time to build.

But otherwise this stuff is just a GREAT idea! Right!?


42 posted on 07/05/2023 1:34:36 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

There is that. 😂👍


43 posted on 07/05/2023 1:35:27 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: Reno89519

“Zero-emission,” what’s that?


44 posted on 07/05/2023 1:41:57 PM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (I'll be good, I will, I will!)
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To: CedarDave

Depending on how the law is worded I want a pickup truck dealership on the Az/NM border, or possibly a small chain of auto restoration shops. No shortage of old cars in this part of the country, little rust. Lots of Chevy S10s and 30 year ope RAV4s all over the place.


45 posted on 07/05/2023 1:52:25 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: CedarDave

Arizona, Utah, and Texas are hours away. Fly out, drive back in your new car.


46 posted on 07/05/2023 2:09:31 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: CedarDave

Since EVs are NOT no emission in the true, accurate sense, that means car sales will have to decline by 43%.

Oh wait, since facts don’t matter, then never mind.


47 posted on 07/05/2023 2:35:18 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: Reno89519

Another EV stumbling block? Electric car claims are 25% higher than petrols and battery damage means they’re often written off - which may push insurance premiums higher

New report says high battery costs makes EVs difficult - and expensive - to repair
It means damaged EVs are written-off as ‘uneconomical’ to return to the road
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/electriccars/article-12263633/Electric-vehicles-claims-25-higher-petrol-cars.html

It found that electric cars are being written-off for having the slightest damage to battery packs following accidents because there is no way of repairing them.

It said insurance companies are increasingly being left with little to no choice but to permanently take the cars off the road after minor collisions, which in turn is pushing premiums on EVs higher.

The report warns of scratched and mildly damaged battery packs ‘piling up in scrapyards in some countries’.

And experts claimed batteries in expensive Tesla Y SUVs have ‘zero reparability’ because they are a structural part of the car.
________

Plummeting EV values is making write-offs more common

Write-offs are also becoming more common due to the increasing ‘depreciation curve’ of used electric cars, which have plummeted in value since the end of 2022 as a result of declining consumer demand.

This means the cost of a replacement battery is often more than the used price of the vehicle after only one year of it being on the road, the report said.


48 posted on 07/05/2023 3:12:35 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: CedarDave
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.

Just another Carbon Credit scam.

49 posted on 07/05/2023 3:12:42 PM PDT by mykroar (what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how. - J0eStalin)
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To: CedarDave

This will work well in a state that rivals
Mississippi as the poorest state in the US.
22% of New Mexico’s residents live below
the national poverty level.
Not many of these EV’s will ever see road
time.
The poor will still want to be independent
and have the ability to be mobile. They
drive vehicles that are poorly maintained,
and are often uninsured.
I’m sure the governor’s EV mandates will
make this situation much worse, especially
with the flood of illegals entering the
state.


50 posted on 07/05/2023 3:13:02 PM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: minnesota_bound

Case in point, I just traded in my 2022 Toyota corolla hybrid for a 2023 Chevy Silverado pick up. At nearly 3 times the cost. Yet my insurance payment went down $35 per month.


51 posted on 07/05/2023 3:17:53 PM PDT by Reno89519 (DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected.)
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To: minnesota_bound

People are noticing. The socialists gov’t politicians are ignoring reality.

Volkswagen to cut electric car production in Germany due to ‘strong customer reluctance’ as demand for battery vehicles slumps

Car giant to scale-back production of EVs for six weeks at its Emden plant
Company execs said demand for its all-electric models is down 30% on forecasts
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/electriccars/article-12250631/Volkswagen-cut-electric-car-production-Germany-demand-slumps.html
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What drains an electric car battery most? From air-con to smartphone charging - how much range is wiped-out when using these nine common features
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/electriccars/article-12097813/Common-features-drain-electric-car-battery-most.html

1. Air conditioning - wipes 7.5 miles of range per hour
2. Heater - wipes 5.7 miles of range per hour


52 posted on 07/05/2023 3:27:29 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: CedarDave

Why should just the G7 be making changes while footing the bill??? Totally discriminatory.

Will China, India and the BRICS, (let alone all of Africa,) be simultaneously quitting cost effective, dependable, gas n diesel?

Not a hope. It’s time to get real.


53 posted on 07/05/2023 3:38:37 PM PDT by himno hero (had'nff)
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To: IYAS9YAS

When the heat load on the outdated A/C system at the hospital I worked at got to be more than the condensor could handle, we used to run a sprinkler to aid the system.

Even though humidity was high, the liquid water was still cooler than the cooling coils, and we had A/C.


54 posted on 07/05/2023 7:11:06 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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To: Seruzawa

Well the smart ones will just drive to TX, AZ, UT, NV etc. and purchase the car out of state. Of course the state will then make it illegal to register a vehicle purchased out of state in NM, but that is aa later issue to be addressed


55 posted on 07/05/2023 8:22:35 PM PDT by usnavy_cop_retired (Retiree in the P.I. living as a legal immigrant)
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To: AlaskaErik
What are the sources of electricity in New Mexico?

Coal and natural gas. We had an excellent coal-fired plant in NW New Mexico (San Juan plant near Farmington) that employed hundreds that was shuttered due to the green agenda. The claim was we'd save money due to the shuttering of the plants (not sure how that was going to work), Our bills have done nothing but go up.

56 posted on 07/05/2023 10:00:12 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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