New Mexico Air Quality Decision-Makers Vote to Continue New Clean Car StandardsThe New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board voted 4-1
The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board voted 4-1 yesterday to reject a challenge to newly enacted clean car standards. Subsequently, the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board voted unanimously to reject the challenge. These standards will bring more electric vehicles to the state and directly benefit New Mexicans.
“The new rules will generate millions of dollars in health and economic benefits by transitioning to clean transportation and energy generation,” noted Ona Porter of Prosperity Works. “Transportation is thein the state, behind oil and gas extraction, so bringing more zero-emission vehicles to the state can cut tailpipe pollution at the source.”
The clean car standards require that starting in 2026, 43% of all new passenger cars and light-duty trucks shipped to New Mexico auto dealerships by national auto manufacturers must be zero-emission vehicles. “The Lujan Grisham administration is listening to New Mexicans even if auto dealers are not. After an extensive expert and evidence-based hearing in the fall and customer after customer saying they’re not finding the EVs they want in the state, the rules passed. Then the legislature passed both EV tax credits and clean transportation fuel standards to support the drive toward electrification, and the dealers still aren’t doing what their customers want.
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