President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday said it would propose reversing the Trump-era loosening of vehicle emissions rules with a new plan to boost efficiency 10% in the 2023 model year and aiming for a corporate fleet average calculation of 52 miles per gallon by 2026. (About 37 mpg on average in real-world mileage.)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposal also calls for a near 5% stringency increase in each model year from 2024 through 2026. But it would not seek to reverse former President Donald Trump’s rollbacks in fuel efficiency standards for the 2021 or 2022 model years.
The plan is a big increase from Trump’s proposal for a CAFE figure by 2026 of just 43.3 mpg. (CAFE figures are higher than real-world mileage because they include EPA “adjustment factors” like the value of buying and selling emissions credits.) The Biden administration said EPA rules would require higher efficiency by 2026 than former President Barack Obama’s administration would have mandated through 2025.
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