The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday finalized new vehicle emissions requirements through 2026 that reverse former President Donald Trump’s rollback of car pollution cuts and will speed a U.S. shift to more electric vehicles.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan called the tough standards “doable” even as he vowed to quickly move ahead with the next round of requirements. “We are setting robust and rigorous standards that will aggressively reduce the pollution that is harming people and our planet,” Regan said.
In August, President Joe Biden’s administration proposed undoing the Trump-era action easing requirements imposed during the presidency of Barack Obama. The new rule finalized Monday is tougher than EPA’s August proposal or requirements issued by Obama.
If expressed in miles per gallon (mpg) requirements, the EPA rules would result in a fleetwide real-world average of about 40 mpg in 2026, versus 38 mpg under the August proposal and 32 mpg under the Trump rules.
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