Gov. Wes Moore joyfully dangled the keys of a 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E GT, outside Montgomery Park Monday afternoon. Like a 16-year-old who just got his license, the now chauffeured governor entered the all-electric vehicle with glee.
But when Moore turned the ignition of the $46,000 vehicle, there was no familiar vroom from the engine that’s powered by a large battery instead of gasoline. Instead, the vehicle was quiet with a barely noticeable whoosh as it moved down the road when he took it for a spin.
“I intend to be governor for the next 8 years,” said Moore as he exited. “This may be the only time I get to drive.”
Moore joined Maryland Department of the Environment Secretary Serena McIlwain along with other state and local elected officials to announce a commitment to Advanced Clean Cars II.
Trailblazed by California, the vehicle emissions standard seeks to increase the share of electric vehicles. In Maryland, the goal is to have all new passenger cars and trucks sold, have zero-emissions by 2035.
“Car exhaust is the largest source of greenhouse gas in the state of Maryland,” Moore said. “[It’s] bigger than homes and businesses, bigger than factories, bigger than power plants. It’s car emissions.”
To adopt the rule as quickly as possible, the Maryland Department of the Environment presented the proposed regulation to the state’s Air Quality Control Advisory Council at its first meeting of the year Monday morning.
The council voted to recommend that the department move forward in proposing a regulation to enact the new standards. The state’s environmental regulation authority will follow the process for a proposed regulation, which includes a public hearing and opportunity for public comment, to allow for a regulation to take effect in September.
“The Advanced Clean Cars II regulation is a big step toward cleaner air and a more aggressive response to the threats posed by climate change,” said McIlwain, the state’s secretary for the environment.
Ain’t gonna happen.
Who’s going to stop him? There’s no checks and balances in this state unfortunately. It’s a single party rule.
Lots of people will stop buying it new cars. I think that will stop it 1:56
Getting RID of Democrats Before then !!!!! SOLVED Oil & Gas Not going ANYWHERE !!!!
Boy, they got their token in there now. And he will do as he’s told.
Again, “WE ARE NOT READY FOR THIS” the whole country’s transportation infrastructure and commerce logistics was not designed for total EV use. When all State Police units feel comfortable with electric vehicles is when I might think about getting one, for bar hopping only, Lol
I might consider an EV when Air Force One and the CIC’s entire ground fleet of vehicles goes electric….maybe then! Wes Moore can go pound sand until that happens
The establishment is hard at work in this state…should tell you all you need to know that Hogan endorsed this liberal extremist.
It’s high time that the Eastern Shore of MD/VA really looks hard at seceding and possibly getting Sussex County too as well, to form a new state. If the left can talk about granting statehood to DC and Puerto Rico, why can’t the right do the same to get a state that governs to what it’s residents really want?
agree 159
we should form our own state as you suggest
Call your representative in congress or senate @ 202 224 3121
tell em to get the papers going
Could it really happen? That would be amazing! How does something like that get started?
MD elected an unknown cipher with a big grin and happy talk and no tangible record related to the job he was to be responsible for. Perhaps someone will clue him where electricity comes from? And the conditions in which lithium is sourced? And the pitiful conditions in which adults and kids work to mine it?
Apparently ‘Out of sight, out of mind” is SOP at the Soros finishing program he came from. But those EVs will halt the carnage in Baltimore and enable a few kids to claim proficiency on dumbed down state tests.
We’re in for a rough ride!
Les Moore is a liberal pain in the ass! Has MD completely lost it’s mind to put as liberal democrat racist in the governors seat? We are gonna pay dearly for this.
Americans Fed UP & Time to take their country BACK from CHINA & their Democrat Puppets !!!!!!!
This idiot is just that, an idiot. Very extreme, he’s so far left its a wonder he can stand up straight.
Oil Gas Coal HERE TO STAY !!!! Democrats in Stolen office will GO !!!!
Wes Moore is as dumb as Hogan and that’s a mouth full. This turd needs to go back to the sand box and be buried by the biggest cat ever. Dumb and dumber where do you find these candidates Hogan and now this clown. I know Maryland has better than these last two, can Daffy Duck run please?