Trump Approves Lower Fuel Economy Standards, Ending Biden EV Mandate
The rule lowers the 2031 fleetwide target to 34.9 miles per gallon, a move the administration says will cut costs and support auto workers.
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump approved new fuel economy standards that terminate the Biden administration's electric vehicle mandate, announced via Truth Social without releasing final numerical targets.
- Under Biden, automakers faced requirements to increase fuel efficiency for passenger cars and light trucks to roughly 50 miles per gallon by 2031, a standard designed to incentivize electric vehicle production.
- Trump wrote on Truth Social that these new standards will "take the waste out of building cars in America," claiming the change would lower vehicle prices and save families thousands of dollars.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy indicated the revised standards would be sharply lower than Biden-era requirements, though the administration has not yet released final regulatory targets or implementation timelines.
- The move fulfills Trump's campaign promise to rescind EV-incentivizing policies, marking a significant reversal of Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards updated periodically since 1975.
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