In 2020, Trump cut CAFE to 40 mpg. Now he’s cut it again to just 35 mpg.
The federal government’s war on fuel efficiency claimed another victim today. The Department of Transportation released a new rule for the country’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, which, as expected, discourage the very idea of economical vehicles. Among the changes is a rollback to fuel economy numbers not seen in more than a decade, below even the low standards implemented in 2020, the last time Trump was in power. The new goal is just 34.9 mpg by model year 2031.
This is nothing if not expected. When Sean Duffy was installed as Transportation secretary last January, he immediately announced that any fuel efficiency standards put in place under the Biden administration were dead and buried. Those rules had a slower ramp up than some might have liked but would have required automakers to sell many more electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.
Nice, fuel production is down… so lets make our use of it even greater!!!
This is America winning!!!
Double gas price not enough motivation to go more fuel efficient? It’s economics.
Cutting food standards led to a rapid rise in avoidable harms and deaths. Manufaurers just stopped doing what they knew was required.
My hope is that this is going to be similar to the toilet thing.
In his first term he tried to bring back the giant toilets that used way more water per flush, but manufacturers were like, “Um, no, we’ve got low-flow working well, why would we want to go backwards and cost consumers more in water bills?”
I’m hoping car manufacturers look at current gas prices and go, “Yeah maybe we don’t just make even more giant gas guzzlers…”
Someone should ask him if he did this because Obama had things right.
I’d like someone in the press pack (if he ever finds himself in front of one again) to say to him, “Mr President, many people are saying you’re too stupid to have rigged the election. What do you say to them?”
Genius.
How long til we see GM make a 7.2L V8 produce 100hp mated to the sloppiest automatic ever?
They’re bringing back the Chevelle with perfect timing!
One hundred horsepower?
Ah, I see you’re familiar with malaise-era American cars
Isn’t that like a gocart?
I mean, they did just bring out an 8.3L diesel V8.
That’s unfair, diesels can run on fuel more stale than (i was gonna make a presidential diaper joke but my fingers already feel gross typing that)
The 1970s are truly back
100 hp at engine, 40 at the wheels
Up next: introducing leaded gasoline! It prevents engine knocking!
I’m still convinced leaded fuel is partially responsible for the brain damage that contributed to modern conservatism
Even if it didn’t. Conservatives will act proud like they are better for it.
Is America tired of winning yet??
Well, RAM is at 2010’s prices, why not everything else?
Lowkey, this is how I realized I was raised and have existed poor, 35 MPG still sounds of magic XD
Pretty sure they’ll “Dodge” that
Freedom costs a buck-o-five (a mile)
Oh cool, now we can funnel even more money to his mates Putin, MBS and the US oil berons
If they haven’t already, this is when Americans should finally realize that he and his family are being paid for by foreign actors. He is actively putting US business out of the world wide market. The US is going backwards while everyone else moves forward. Did China just hand him a huge pot of cash for putting the last nail in the US automotive industry’s coffin?
Too late (I hope). At this point anyone buying a petro powered car is just an idiot. Though unfortunately there are about 33% of the public who have demonstrated pure idiocy already.
Pure ignorance right here. Sure, if you own a house you can install a wallbox or whatever and just charge at home. Maybe that’s the case in the US where I guess home ownership is rather high. But if you don’t own a home and live in a rented apartment, you most likely have to use public charging infrastructure. And if that doesn’t exist or simply not enough charging stations are available, then you can’t switch to an EV and have to continue to use an ICE car.
Also, since EVs are rather new, they can be more costly, even used ones. So again, those with little money will have to stick with an ICE car for the forseeable future.
Or they need to drive further than a battery allows… I assume this is post on you given “petro”.
This is definitely an issue. Because if you want a car with serious EV range it costs a lot more for that range, and infrastructure for EV is still a problem.
Looking forward to the EREVs. If trump doesn’t do something to kill them, too.
EREVs add additional complexity, cost and emissions though. Battery tech is developing rapidly still, so EVs built 5 years from now will have more range and faster charging for less money.
Most EVs on the market have ranges on par with gas cars. 300 or so miles.
The only real difference is instead of 5 minutes to pay and fill up a gas tank, it take like 20 minutes to charge on a fast charger.
You’re well underestimating range for gas… Most are going to be 400-500mi. Higher range EVs might tap 400… Most 250-350.
You’re overestimating.
The average vehicle in the US gets 29mpg, and the average tank size is about 13 gallons. That’s 377 miles per tank on the average vehicle. But that’s including small cars, while something like 70% of new cars sold are trucks and SUVs which average 19mpg and have average around 16 gallon tanks, which would put it at 304 miles per tank.
I know when I had my truck, I averaged right around 306 miles on a tank. My EV now gets 370 miles per charge.
sorry for not being able to afford an EV
EVs are pretty much on par with gas cars new….
I’m not buying new
So progressive! He’s helping us cut back on fossil fuels by making it so prohibitively expensive that no one can afford to drive any more!
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Drump is actively sabotaging the future of the USA.
