The Trump administration will unveil new fuel economy standards on Wednesday, with multiple sources telling Reuters the White House plans to roll back the stringent rules imposed under former President Joe Biden.
Car sales are down nearly 8% this year, and tariffs, the economy and EV credits are all playing a role in the trend. President Donald Trump is expected to change strict fuel efficiency standards Wednesday in an effort to reshape the auto industry. More: https://t.co/epFGZFiKTm pic.twitter.com/1cGV3O1fzj
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Biden’s policy required passenger cars and light trucks to reach roughly 50 miles per gallon by 2031, a benchmark designed to accelerate electric vehicle adoption.
President Donald Trump is set to announce the changes from the Oval Office at 2:30 p.m. ET, joined by executives from Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.
Fuel economy rules should not be weakened – they should be abandoned as pointlessly expensive.https://t.co/JAOoZCWlnd pic.twitter.com/CJyvJmnmjb
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The administration has already moved to dismantle federal support for EVs, aligning with long-standing pressure from the American Petroleum Institute, which has argued that Biden’s standards were an attempt to phase out liquid-fuel vehicles altogether.
The rollback marks the latest shift in the decades-old Corporate Average Fuel Economy framework, which has steadily tightened since 1975 to push automakers toward greater efficiency.
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