US to announce sharply lower vehicle fuel economy requirements

a month ago by technocrit to c/fuckcars

The Trump administration will soon announce sharply lower vehicle fuel-economy standards, reversing a push by the prior administration ​to force automakers to build more fuel-efficient vehicles, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ‌said Monday.

Mok98 24 points a month ago

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

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AviAdi 34 points a month ago

If anything, this is the stupidest response to the fuel crisis 🤣

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Davel23 17 points a month ago

So, on-brand for this administration.

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motruck 2 points a month ago

Just when you think it can't get any stupider, here we go.

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SaveTheTuaHawk 7 points a month ago

so far..stupidest, so far....

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curiousaur 1 point a month ago

Have you read the Venezuela news?

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NathanRanch 18 points a month ago

"(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.

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letsgo2themall 6 points a month ago

oil barons getting what they paid for.

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lntl 5 points a month ago

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.

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DudeImMacGyver 4 points a month ago

Just what nobody wanted or needed!

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LordCrom 2 points a month ago

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

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Fossy 2 points a month ago

The Obama administration tightened fuel-economy requirements

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/...

https://www.politico.com/...

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

https://abcnews.com/...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/...

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

https://nam.org/...

https://apnews.com/...

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

https://www.theguardian.com/...

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/...

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CactusEcho 1 point a month ago

US speed running to idiocracy.

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gandalf_der_13te -1 points a month ago

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.

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