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Trump Says He Approved Fuel Economy Standards Ending Biden EV Mandate

The rollback would end Biden-era EV incentives and ease a rule that would have pushed passenger cars and light trucks to about 50 miles per gallon by 2031.

  • On Saturday, September 26, 2026, President Donald Trump approved new fuel economy standards, terminating the electric vehicle mandate established by the previous administration.
  • Under Biden, the government required automakers to increase fuel efficiency for passenger cars and light trucks to roughly 50 miles per gallon by 2031, designed to incentivize electric vehicle production.
  • Trump wrote on Truth Social that these new standards will "take the waste out of building cars in America," predicting lower prices for families on new vehicles.
  • Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy previously indicated the revised standards would be sharply lower than Biden-era policies, though final regulatory details remain unreleased.
  • The move fulfills a campaign promise to rescind policies incentivizing electric vehicles, marking a departure from Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards periodically updated since 1975.
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Donald Trump announced in a post on the Truth Social platform that he had approved new fuel economy standards that end the mandatory framework imposed by the Joe Biden administration for electric vehicles. “These new standards will reduce unnecessary waste from making cars in America. This means lower prices for families who will save thousands (of dollars) on a new, beautiful and safe car,” the US president claimed.

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This means lower prices for families who will save thousands of dollars on a new car, the US president claims.

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Establishes new fuel consumption standards that end Biden ' s motor vehicle support orientations, within a path to ease compliance requirements and seek to reduce vehicle manufacturing costs in America.

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Market Screener broke the news in Annecy, France on Saturday, September 26, 2026.
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