US to announce sharply lower vehicle fuel economy requirements

It's not like it will change much, with the war going on skyrocketing the fuel price

"(increase) fuel spending by $185 billion", disincentives electric cars. It's wrapped up like it's a good thing, but that's a red herring.

I am not really sure what it means. The CAFE standards we had encouraged larger, less fuel efficient vehicles and discouraged smaller, more efficient ones.

While I wanna shout at the headline, fuel economy standards are something we need to revisit anyway.

oil barons getting what they paid for.

The Obama administration tightened fuel-economy requirements

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/08/28/obama-administration-finalizes-historic-545-MPG-fuel-efficiency-standard

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/obama-tightens-fuel-efficiency-rules-for-trucks-227059

Trump was elected. The Trump administration killed Obama's measures:

https://abcnews.com/Politics/epa-administrator-scott-pruitt-announces-rollback-obama-era/story?id=54202466

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/trump-administration-rolls-back-rules-on-mileage-standards-dealing-a-blow-to-obama-era-climate-policy/2020/03/31/cb42cbb8-7359-11ea-87da-77a8136c1a6d_story.html

Joe Biden was elected. Biden tightened fuel-economy requirements:

https://nam.org/biden-administration-finalizes-fuel-economy-standards/

https://apnews.com/article/climate-joe-biden-fuel-economy-vehicle-mileage-standards-348bb3368036eb504f3b138a680739c7

Donald Trump was elected. The Trump administration killed fuel-effiency rules again :

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/trump-fuel-efficiency-rules

Most americans don't pay attention, but it's just insane.

Unfortunately, the U.S. car norms influence Canada. Because Canadian officials copy american car norms. It's the reason why they drive the heaviest and least efficient cars in the world

https://theconversation.com/when-it-comes-to-vehicles-canada-tops-the-charts-for-poor-fuel-economy-115213

Just what nobody wanted or needed!

Because GOP doesnt give a shit about the environment, especially when profits can be increased

which is good i guess because adding 1% fuel efficiency ends up making the engine 15% more expensive at a certain point; you can't go below a certain fuel consumption level but if you try, you pay hard for it.