Here is what one ABQ Journal editorial cartoonist thinks of NM's interstate commence future, except we don't have to wait until 2030:
Here is what one ABQ Journal editorial cartoonist thinks of NM's interstate commence future, except we don't have to wait until 2030:
Huge government overreach.
This is not what we pay you to do, a$$h0les.
Psychotic.
So 3 people on a state board completely change an industry in the state?
Sounds like an easy lawsuit.
It’s also easy to deal with 3 people.
The state of new mexico is going to mandate consumers to buy electric vehicles?
That seems vaguely unconstitutional.
God luck with that. Here is current NM EV stats. NM hasn’t even sold 8K EV’s as of 2022 with a population of 2M+
https://afdc.energy.gov/transatlas/#/?view=percent&fuel=ELEC&state=NM
Interesting juxtaposition with the earlier article where GM is halting EV production across the board. It seems that GMs domestic inventory is just under 100,000 EVs on dealer lots and they are not moving out the door.
The most cited reason is that the virtue signalers who can afford an EV now have one and don’t want another. Also trade-in values for an EV is pennies on the dollar which is not helping.
Imagine you’re an urban dwelling, on-the-road salesperson or manufacturer’s rep. You live in a city apartment. Sometimes you get to park right in front of your apt building, sometimes you have to park a block or two away.
When you go to work, you don’t drive to an office, you drive to a customers location. If like California and Connecticut your state has mandated that only EV may be sold as new after 2035, how do you charge your car?
You can’t plug it in at home, you live on the fourth floor. You have no charging station at work. You’re always at a customer location or driving between. I don’t think these brain dead democrats have thought this through.
When will this “Climate change” insanity end?
It is madness to blame the internal combustion engine, push electric vehicles and think that, “we have solved it!” A problem that doesn’t exist?
The only EV I will drive is a golf cart on a golf course.
The problem is the radical progressives.
(New Mexico will require that 43% of vehicles sold by 2026 be electric)
They can declare it but what if the Public says NO! Car dealers in Amarillo, Lubbock and El Paso will be glad to fill the bill for those wanting non electric vehicles.
Ridiculous rule. Meddling in the free market, forcing dealers to unload EV cars at losses and higher prices (pushing demand forward) for gasoline powered cars - and ultimately winds up with no cars for people to buy.
I go to Playas NM every September for an Airsoft event.
Getting there requires long drives through so pretty desolate landscape, with VERY few places to stop for fuel, and 0 EV charging stations.
No F’n way anyone could do that in a EV.
Forcing people to abandon ICE vehicles and only able to purchase EV’s.
We'll see how many morons in New Mexico continue to vote for the arrogant asshats running their government. I'm betting enough to keep the commies in power perpetually.
Seems unconstitutional to tell a company what they can sell and what we must buy.
Won’t happen.
[See Chevrolet]
Another state as stupid as commifornia!
Has anyone informed that Governor that GM has pulled the plug on ALL EV production????
The time to challenge the government’s authority to make ridiculous, fascistic proclamations like this is now.
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.