{"id":7799,"date":"2026-09-28T19:24:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7799"},"modified":"2026-09-28T19:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:24:43","slug":"trump-weakens-fuel-efficiency-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7799","title":{"rendered":"Trump finalizes rule to make cars less fuel efficient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The US Department of Transportation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/briefing-room\/president-trump-transportation-secretary-duffy-finalize-freedom-means-affordable-cars\">finalized<\/a> its plans today to weaken fuel efficiency standards, calling it \u201camong the largest deregulatory actions under the second Trump Administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">It\u2019s a nail in the coffin for Biden-era <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhtsa.gov\/press-releases\/new-fuel-economy-standards-model-years-2027-2031\">standards<\/a> that would have required fleet average fuel economy to reach 50.4 miles per gallon by model year 2031. President Donald Trump\u2019s plan requires 34.9 miles per gallon, not much higher than the 30.1-mile-per-gallon target previously set for model year 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-pullquote c39lj10\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup c39lj12 _19wv7tc9\">Consumer advocacy, health, and environmental groups are incensed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The Trump administration claims its plan would shave $1,300 off the average cost of a new vehicle, saving $138 billion over the next five years \u2014 though those figures have been disputed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Automakers are pretty happy with the new rules. But consumer advocacy, health, and environmental groups are incensed. They argue that weaker fuel economy standards will wind up making Americans pay more at the pump, on top of increased healthcare costs and damages from climate change due to air pollution. The Biden administration\u2019s standards that Trump trashed were expected to save $23 billion in fuel costs, and a car owner more than $600 in gasoline over the lifetime of a vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cFor decades, fuel economy standards have ensured that new cars, SUVs and pickup trucks are more efficient, which saves lives and money,\u201d the American Lung Association\u2019s president and CEO, Harold Wimmer, said in an emailed statement. \u201cThere is no reason to weaken standards that are technologically feasible and have a direct benefit for the quality of the air people breathe.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/1001610\/trump-weakens-fuel-efficiency-standards\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Department of Transportation finalized its plans today to weaken fuel efficiency standards, calling it \u201camong the largest deregulatory actions under the second Trump Administration.\u201d It\u2019s a nail in the coffin for Biden-era standards that would have required fleet average fuel economy to reach 50.4 miles per gallon by model year 2031. 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