Posted on 11/17/2023 12:09:19 PM PST by CedarDave
The state Environmental Improvement Board split 3-2 and the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board voted unanimously Thursday night to adopt the rule.
Dubbed the Advanced Clean Cars and Trucks rule, it aligns with California's standards and is part of the larger effort to cut planet-warming greenhouse gases as well as ground-level ozone and particulates that can cause respiratory problems.
The rule calls for 43% of new cars and light-duty trucks delivered to New Mexico to be electric models by 2026 and 82% by 2032. At the same time, 15% to 20% of new, heavier-duty commercial trucks delivered to the state must be electric by 2026, and 40% to 70% must be zero-emissions by 2034, depending on their class.
Advocates contend supplying more zero-emission vehicles is vital to combat climate change and protect public health, while car dealers fiercely oppose a government mandate they say will force them to carry far more of the vehicles than they can sell.
Still, auto dealers made dire predictions of how the rule will hurt their businesses and further reduce rural residents' already slim choices for cars. If customers can't get the internal-combustion cars they want, they won't settle for electric vehicles but instead will go buy gasoline cars in other states, the dealers said.
Clifton Horace, a Farmington car dealer, estimated that if he is forced to make electric vehicles 43% of his inventory, his gas-powered cars will run out within seven months after the rule goes into effect.
He called that "a death spiral."
"When you hear and feel pushback from dealers, it's not about EVs — there's nothing political about it," Horace said. "It's just simply we are fearful it will put us in a position that we've reduced the choices that our customers have to literally zero."
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Another state as stupid as commifornia!
Has anyone informed that Governor that GM has pulled the plug on ALL EV production????
THAT IS HUTZPAH !!!!
THEY NEVER “THINK IT THRU”.
What is the cost of INSURANCE on EV???
They probably believe that this requirement will make GM have a change in policy. They're delusional!
Probably 30% of New Mexicns don’t have insurance anyway.
The time to challenge the government’s authority to make ridiculous, fascistic proclamations like this is now.
Exactly. I figure the demand for used cars will go up 😎
With the exception of Santa Fe and Albuquerque, we have a great state.
Let me guess quickly.
The massive Indian reservations with no free EV chargers across their thousands of square miles will be exempt from this rule.
It’s a shame
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