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"Trump Admin Begins Rollback Of Biden Fuel Efficiency Standards"
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https://fordauthority.com/2025/01/trump-admin-begins-rollback-of-biden-fuel-efficiency-standards/>
'As Ford Authority reported back in November, now-President Donald Trump
has long planned to roll back former President Joe Biden’s stricter fuel efficiency standards, which called for new vehicle fuel economy averages
to increase two percent each year for 2027-2031 model year passenger
cars, as well as light trucks built in the 2029-2031 model years. As for heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans, fuel efficiency was slated to
increase by 10 percent per year for the 2030-2032 model years and eight
percent annually for those produced in the 2033-2035 model years. Now,
that process has officially begun.
A photo showing the exterior of the 2023 Ford Super Duty from a front
angle.
As Sean Duffy was sworn in as the new Secretary of the United States
Department of Transportation (USDOT), his first act was to sign a
memorandum directing staff to start the process of resetting Corporate
Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, which the Trump administration
says will lower the prices of new vehicles, as well as eliminate what
has often been referred to as the “electric vehicle mandate,” which nullifies an executive order issued by Biden in 2021 that sought to
ensure that half of all new vehicles sold in the U.S. were all-electric
by 2030.
“I am deeply honored by the trust placed in me by President Trump to
lead this important Department and for the Senate in swiftly confirming
my nomination,” Duffy said. “We are already hard at work executing the President’s vision to usher in a golden age of transportation by taking immediate action to remove government overreach and lower costs for
hardworking Americans. The memorandum signed today specifically reduces
the burdensome and overly restrictive fuel standards that have
needlessly driven up the cost of a car in order to push a radical Green
New Deal agenda. The American people should not be forced to sacrifice
choice and affordability when purchasing a new car.”
Ford-backed lobby group Alliance for Automotive Innovation (AAI) has
long supported Trump’s mission to revise or eliminate some of these
Biden-era policies, but it has also asked the President to retain the
clean energy tax credit – something that Trump has is considering
eliminating as well. As for Ford CEO Jim Farley, he has stated that he
isn’t too worried about the impacts any of these policy changes might
have on the business, though some will directly affect the company and
its rivals'
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