The US Is Ditching Its 'Too Tough' New Car Efficiency Targets

In a deeply controversial move, the US government is to remove the tough 2025 efficiency targets set during the Obama era
The US Is Ditching Its 'Too Tough' New Car Efficiency Targets

The United States Environmental Protection Agency is binning targets to decrease emissions and increase fuel economy by 2025, in a move that’s bad for urban pollution levels but good for car makers.

The Obama administration had worked hard to implement a national emissions target of 54.4 US mpg (65.3 UK mpg) by 2025. The rules meant that car makers’ model range average fuel economy would have to equal or better that – under threat of heavy fines.

Removing the targets had been threatened, and now the controversial move has been confirmed.

The move meant that a very quick shift to hybridisation and electric cars would have been necessary in the relatively diesel-shy US, and car makers argued it simply wasn’t enough time to develop and perfect new models at prices consumers could afford.

In a ruling that he then tweeted, EPA boss Scott Pruitt said that the Obama-era decision was wrong, saying that the targets will be revised but that the current bullseye will be scrapped.

Naturally, not everyone is happy about this. California is threatening to go it alone with ultra-strict emissions rules, risking a head-on collision with the federal authorities. And anyway, if the current administration is voted out at the next election, the rules might change yet again…

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Anonymous

Is This the start of the anti Prius?

04/04/2018 - 11:36 |
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The US Is Ditching Its 'Too Tough' New Car Efficiency Targets
Cartist

The best of this car is neither the efficiency nor other practical things.

Its the look which impressed me! That’s great work from toyota!

04/04/2018 - 12:56 |
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LEitner

Looking at how this comment section went, posting these news might have been a bad idea 😅
And now i know there are some politically odd thinking people on ct, to put it that way

04/04/2018 - 19:12 |
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TheRacingGoat

V20s for everyone!

04/05/2018 - 14:14 |
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Camden Wolfe

Our regulations are already strainjng enough. The environmentals should focus on China more often.

04/05/2018 - 17:43 |
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AnthonyDraws 1

YAAYYYY

04/07/2018 - 05:14 |
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