EV transition “stalling out” in New Mexico, other deep blue states

Gov. Lujan Grisham has been focused in recent months on New Mexico’s out-of-control crime issues which she and her fellow Democrats have done so much to create, but we are now less than two years away from the start of her mandate that 43% of New Mexico vehicle sales be EV’s.

Unfortunately for the Gov. (and New Mexico’s car dealers which will be forced to sell unpopular EV’s) consumers are just not that into electric vehicles. According to the pro-EV trade group the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, in Q1 of 2024 New Mexico’s EV’s as a percentage of new vehicle registrations FELL slightly to 4.59%. See below which includes data for Q1 of 2024 (comparing it with Q1 of 2023).

New Mexico is not alone. The following from our friend Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center shows that even in deep blue and wealthy Washington State EV sales are well below the mandated rate (they have a mandate similar to New Mexico’s). EV sales in Washington have also leveled off as a percentage of overall vehicle sales.

The share of new vehicle registrations in Washington that are EV or PHEV has stalled around 13% – the same level as April 2023.

35% of new cars sold – slightly different from new registrations – must be EV or PHEV in 2026.

WA is badly off the pace to meet the mandate. #waleg pic.twitter.com/PEc55cwXMO

— Todd Myers 🐟🌲🐝 (@WAPolicyGreen) July 29, 2024