Trump Administration Finalizes Rollback of Obama Gas Mileage Standards
Posted on AllSides March 31st, 2020
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The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule. The rule sets corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions standards for the model years of 2021 to 2026 passenger cars and light trucks.
“This rule is the largest deregulatory initiative of this administration,” the EPA noted in its press release on Tuesday.
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said in a statement on Tuesday:
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