Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing to require all new passenger cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs sold in NY be zero emissions by 2035.
In an all-too-tellingly-empty stunt, Gov. Kathy Hochul last week ordered the state Department of Environmental Conservation to issue regulations banning the sale of gas-powered cars, pickups and SUVs by . . . 2035.
It’s not just that she’ll be long gone by then, or that she was simply marking National Drive Electric Week by pretending to keep up with California’s similarly dubious 2035 only-electric rule.
Nor that, as even The New York Times admits, electric cars are still far too expensive and impractical for all but the rich — with vast technological and industrial progress needed before they make sense even for the middle class.
Not to mention building hundreds of thousands of charging stations (New York now has just over 10,000) to make mass EV use remotely practical.
As with the supposed 2035 all-electric-car rule, that insanity won’t fully kick in ’til long after Hochul’s gone.
another idiot hurting our country and our environment while robbing poor people
lmao! what ever happened to democracy? these people are dictators and communists! choice is for them you better just stfu and get back in line! new york you deserve this!
Hochul needs a road trip.