Arrr, Hochul be needin' to toss that gas car ban overboard like a rotten sea biscuit!
2025-03-13
Ahoy matey! The winds be shiftin’ in New York, where the demand fer those zippy electric contraptions be risin’! Aye, the landlubbers be feelin’ the pinch in their coin purses. Buckle yer belts, for the price of sailin’ green be on the rise, arrr!
Ahoy, mateys! Gather 'round and lend an ear to the tale of New York's grand scheme to banish gas-powered chariots by the year 2035! Aye, this be a ten-year plan, borrowed from the shores of California, where the sun shines bright on electric dreams.Since the year of our Lord 2022, this ban be brewing, set to unleash its fury this very year! By the time we reach model year 2026, a hefty 35 percent of new vessels sold shall be electric, and as the years roll on, that number will swell like a ship's sails in a storm—43 percent in 2027, 59 in 2029, and a staggering 100 by 2035! But alas, New Yorkers be far from ready. Only 10 percent of the swabs be buying electric contraptions now, so they’s in for a wild ride!
Automakers be scratchin' their heads, weighin' their options like a drunken sailor. They can either sell more electrics—though there be not enough eager hands to buy—or limit gas vehicles, which be not a clever course, as it’ll raise prices and send folks scuttling to neighboring ports for their wheeled treasures.
But hark! There be whispers of a miraculous escape, as the winds of change blow through Albany. Governor Hochul could snatch back New York’s permission slip from Californian clutches! Aye, let the ships sail freely, lest we drown in our own regulations!