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Offline Elderberry

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Trump proposes slashing fuel efficiency standards for passenger cars
« on: December 03, 2025, 08:58:23 pm »
CNBC by Spencer Kimball and Michael Wayland 12/3/2025

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•   President Donald Trump proposed deep cuts to fuel efficiency standards for passenger cars enacted by the Biden administration.

•   Trump announced the cuts at the Oval Office flanked by the CEOs of Ford and Stellantis.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed big cuts to strict fuel economy standards for passenger cars enacted under the Biden administration.

“We are officially terminating Joe Biden’s ridiculously burdensome, horrible actually, CAFE standards that imposed expensive restrictions,” Trump said at the Oval Office, flanked by the CEOs of Ford Motor and Stellantis.

The Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards date back to 1975 and have been tightened over the years to make vehicles more efficient.

Former President Joe Biden had required automakers to increase the fuel efficiency of passenger cars and light trucks to about 50 miles per gallon by 2031. These stricter standards were expected to stimulate the production and sale of electric vehicles in the U.S.

More: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/trump-fuel-economy-standards.html
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Re: Trump proposes slashing fuel efficiency standards for passenger cars
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2025, 09:03:38 pm »
Let's hope they do it the correct way - in accordance with the APA - so it won't be summarily undone in court.
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Re: Trump proposes slashing fuel efficiency standards for passenger cars
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2025, 09:17:33 pm »
It will take at least 5+ years for the effects of this to benefit people.
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Re: Trump proposes slashing fuel efficiency standards for passenger cars
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2025, 09:46:04 pm »
Quote from: DB on December 03, 2025, 09:17:33 pm
It will take at least 5+ years for the effects of this to benefit people.
Bullshit.  It will be impediment ****slapping.
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Re: Trump proposes slashing fuel efficiency standards for passenger cars
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2025, 10:08:56 pm »
Quote from: Kamaji on December 03, 2025, 09:03:38 pm
Let's hope they do it the correct way - in accordance with the APA - so it won't be summarily undone in court.
The greenies will fight this tooth and nail.
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Re: Trump proposes slashing fuel efficiency standards for passenger cars
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2025, 10:15:11 pm »
Quote from: Idiot on December 03, 2025, 10:08:56 pm
The greenies will fight this tooth and nail.

How.
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