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Trump finalizes rule to make cars less fuel efficient

Global Published 28 September 2026, 23:39 · archived 28 Sep 2026

The US Department of Transportation finalized its plans today to weaken fuel efficiency standards, calling it "among the largest deregulatory actions under the second Trump Administration." It's a nail in the coffin for Biden-era standards that would have required fleet average fuel economy to reach 50.4 miles per gallon by model year 2031. President Donald […]

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