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?
Will power plants that generate electricity for the battery cars be zero emissions, too?
What are the sources of electricity in New Mexico?
Sweet. I might go to New Mexico and get back in the car biz. Prices will skyrocket! Maybe I’ll specialize in diesel trucks.
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.
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.
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!?
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.
Arizona, Utah, and Texas are hours away. Fly out, drive back in your new car.
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.
Just another Carbon Credit scam.
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.
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.