Trump Loosens Obama-Era Fuel Efficiency Standards
The Trump administration has dealt another blow to the Obama administration’s restrictive environmental regulations by loosening the rule on fuel efficiency.
According to The Hill:
The Trump administration on Tuesday rolled back an Obama-era law that pushes automakers to produce more fuel efficient vehicles, severely limiting a rule designed to decrease pollution from transportation in the face of climate change.
AdvertisementThe new rule cuts the year-over-year improvements expected from the auto industry, slashing standards that require automakers to produce fleets that average nearly 55 miles per gallon (mpg) by 2025. Instead, the Trump rule would bring that number down to about 40 mpg by 2026, bringing mileage below what automakers have said is possible for them to achieve.
The Trump administration has argued that cutting Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards will allow automakers to produce cheaper cars, something they say will save lives as lower prices spur consumers to upgrade to new vehicles with better safety features that guzzle less gas than older models.
“This rule reflects the Department’s No. 1 priority — safety — by making newer, safer, cleaner vehicles more accessible for Americans who are, on average, driving 12-year old cars. By making newer, safer, and cleaner vehicles more accessible for American families, more lives will be saved and more jobs will be created,” Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao said in a statement announcing the rule.
Lost in the argument that newer vehicles do not save more lives and increased fuel costs is the fact that this doesn’t force companies to produce less fuel-efficient vehicles. It just allows them to make decisions based on the market and not on regulations.
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The Obama era pie in the sky dope-dreams of the super fuel efficient engines is many years in the future. trump just brought reality into the equation.the hydrogen fuel cell is the future only if the dangerously high electrolysis voltages can be fixed safely.
Thank God we now have a President with common sense and loves our Country; let’s get Trump re-elected and win back the House!! TRUMP 2020!!!
Observing the vehicular occupancy along the interstate is about 1.5 persons. I can see the need for a small low-speed vehicle for in-town use. They are unsafe at higher speeds. On the other hand, I don’t use my 2-ton truck loaded with equipment and pulling a trailer be used to make a beer run to the local store. These small cars are not safe. In order to get these high fuel economies. they sacrifice safety. Even in very low speed collisions, the living
compartment is severely compromised placing the occupants in danger. Soccer mom needs to give up her gas guzzler for a hay burner and a wagon.
Most of the vehicles I see on the street are big gas guzzlers, pickup trucks, large SUVS, etc.
I AM 91 YR.OLD LADY,I WANT A CAR THAT I STILL FEEL SAFE IN DRIVING,OH,YES I STILL DRIVE AND A VERY CAREFUL SAFE DRIVER.I DRIVE A 96 CAMARO,NOT A GAS GUZZLER,THAT I FEEL VERY SAFE IN.THESE CAR MANUFACTORIES,SHOULD GO BACK TO THE OLD WAYS,OF MAKING SAFE AND ECONOMY CARS.
This has nothing to do with O’vomit, the pig’s name is just being used so people buy this shit, fuel economy is a win win for the world, it helps clean the air and puts money in our pockets, I voted for Trump, but his hate for the environment because of his support for the big money pigs is disgusting
This article doesn’t make sense. The administration can appeal this lower court decision.The final decision always is the Sempreme Court and this article doesn’t provide which court made this decision.
I refuse to purchase a car less than 10 years old. The reason being a new car will cost me $300-$500, or even more, a year for tags. A 10 year old car costs me $38 a year for tags. I can purchase several older cars for the price of 1 new car, the insurance is cheaper, and the tags are cheaper. There is no way that the Car Manufacturers can make a car efficient enough to be cost effective enough to make it worthwhile, as once you drive it off the lot, a new car has lost about 25% of it’s value.
Making autos more efficient has worked well as long as we tried to do it. Moving from the usual to hybrids makes immediate sense.
rosie o’donald is going to rot in hell.