New Mexico Hits the Gas on Cleaner Cars

New Mexicans will now be able to buy cleaner, zero-emission vehicles in the state, thanks to Advanced Clean Cars standards unanimously adopted by the Joint Albuquerque New Mexico Environmental Improvement and Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Boards . With this action, drivers will have access to more pollution-free vehicles, which will save them money while slashing climate-harming pollution and improving air quality and health.

With the wildfires raging in New Mexico right now, the effects of climate change are being acutely felt in the state. These standards will help the state tackle the second largest source of greenhouse gases in the state, and the largest nationally.Under the United States Clean Air Act, California is empowered to set more ambitious vehicle emission standards than the federal government, and then other states can choose to follow California’s lead.

The program actually consists of three parts: the Low-Emission Vehicles standards establishing limits for criteria pollutants, LEV standards setting limits for Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Zero-Emission Vehicle requirements for automakers. Importantly, the point of regulation is on the national and global automakers and not on New Mexico car dealerships.New Mexico drivers currently have to travel to states that have adopted the policy to purchase certain electric vehicles. But with these rules in place, more electric vehicle makes and models will be available to New Mexicans to lease or purchase in state, and they will likely start arriving by next year.

Source: Car News Wire (carnewswire.net)

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