特朗普政府已撤销汽车燃油效率标准，该标准要求汽车制造商确保其汽车和轻型卡车降低燃油消耗。拜登政府时期的标准原本预计将使全国汽车车队的平均油耗在2031年达到每加仑50.4英里，而特朗普政府周一将这一数字下调至每加仑34.9英里。政府辩称这将使汽车价格更低，但该举措的反对者指出，车主因此可能在汽油上花费更多。这一变化还可能导致更多污染并加剧气候变化。特朗普政府表示，此举将使新车平均便宜1300美元。拜登政府曾表示，其调整措施将在2027至2031年车型年度间每年提高2%的燃油经济性要求，从而在车辆整个生命周期内为驾驶员节省超过600美元的燃油成本。特朗普总统在周末的“真实社交”（Truth Social）帖子中宣传了这一变化。“对美国汽车工人和购车者来说，这是个大日子！我刚刚批准了新的燃油经济性标准，彻底终止了瞌睡乔·拜登和皮特·靴边（Pete Buttigieg）那荒谬的电动汽车强制令，”他写道。“民主党人让我们伟大的汽车制造商损失了数十亿美元，强迫美国人购买他们根本不想要的汽车，并在从未建成的充电桩上浪费了数十亿美元，”他补充道。此前，总统的《大而美法案》（Big Beautiful Bill）中的一项条款已将未达标的罚款降至0美元，使这些标准形同虚设。然而，随着拜登政府时期更严格的规则被废除，汽车制造商在法律上不再必须遵守这些规定，即使《大而美法案》本可防止他们因不合规而受到处罚。特朗普政府将拜登政府的规则定性为电动汽车（EV）强制令的一部分，并辩称这些法规过于严格，汽车制造商必须提高电动汽车的占比才能合规。
The Trump administration has rolled back car fuel efficiency standards requiring automakers to ensure their cars and light trucks were using less fuel. While the Biden-era standards would have been expected to get the nation’s car fleet to average 50.4 miles per gallon by 2031, the Trump administration on Monday brought that number down to 34.9 miles per gallon. The administration argued that this would make cars cheaper, though opponents of the move point out that car owners could spend more on gasoline as a result. The change could also lead to more pollution and worsen climate change. The Trump administration says that the move will make new cars $1,300 cheaper on average. The Biden administration said its change, which would have increased fuel economy requirements by 2 percent per year for model years 2027 through 2031, would have saved drivers more than $600 in fuel costs over the lifetime of a vehicle. President Trump touted the change in a Truth Social post over the weekend. “BIG DAY FOR AMERICAN AUTO WORKERS AND CAR BUYERS! I have just approved new Fuel Economy Standards that TERMINATE Sleepy Joe Biden and Pete Boot-EDGE-EDGE's ridiculous EV Mandate,” he wrote. “The Dumocrats cost our Great Auto Manufacturers $Billions, forced Americans into cars they never wanted, and wasted Billions on Chargers that were never built,” he added. The move comes after the standards were made toothless in the president’s Big Beautiful Bill as a provision in that law made the penalties for not meeting the standards down to $0. However, now that stricter Biden-era rule is off the books, automakers will not legally have to abide by them, even if the Big Beautiful Bill would have prevented them from being punished for not complying. The Trump administration has characterized the Biden rule as part of an electric vehicle (EV) mandate, arguing that the regulations were so stringent, car makers would have to increase their share of EVs to comply. While campaigning, the president frequently railed against the Biden administration’s pro-EV policies. The Biden administration said it did not consider electric vehicles in its rulemaking — and that this rule did not require any such adoption — though automakers could up their share of EVs to meet the requirements. A separate Biden-administration rule promulgated through the Environmental Protection Agency would have been expected to spur a significant shift toward EVs over the next few years. The Trump administration has already repealed that regulation. Environmental advocates lambasted the Trump administration’s move to roll back the standards, including by pointing to the current high fuel prices, as gasoline prices averaged about $4.48 per gallon on Monday, according to AAA. “Trump is tanking sensible mileage standards at the worst possible time for consumers, who’re getting hit with sky-high prices at the pump,” said Dan Becker, director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Safe Climate Transport Campaign, in a written statement. “Consumers will pay the price for these reckless rollbacks while Trump’s Big Oil and Big Auto buddies reap the short-term profits. This move spells short- and long-term disaster for people’s health, the planet, and even U.S. automakers who’ll sit on the sidelines while clean cars advance around the world.” Updated at 10:54 a.m. EDT
在竞选期间，总统多次猛烈抨击拜登政府支持电动汽车的政策。拜登政府表示，其在制定规则时并未考虑电动汽车，且该规则并未强制要求采用此类车辆，尽管汽车制造商可以增加电动汽车的占比以满足相关要求。拜登政府通过环境保护署发布的另一项规则，原本预计将在未来几年内推动向电动汽车的重大转型。特朗普政府已经废除了该法规。环保人士强烈谴责特朗普政府放宽标准的举措，并指出当前燃油价格高企，据美国汽车协会（AAA）数据，周一汽油平均价格约为每加仑4.48美元。生物多样性中心安全气候交通运动主任丹·贝克在书面声明中表示：“特朗普在消费者面临加油站天价油价的最糟糕时刻，正在摧毁合理的燃油经济性标准。消费者将为这些鲁莽的倒退举措付出代价，而特朗普的大石油和大汽车盟友却坐收短期利益。此举将对人们的健康、地球乃至美国汽车制造商造成长短期的灾难，后者将在清洁汽车在全球范围内取得进展时坐视不管。” 美东时间上午10:54更新
The Trump administration has rolled back car fuel efficiency standards requiring automakers to ensure their cars and light trucks were using less fuel. While the Biden-era standards would have been expected to get the nation’s car fleet to average 50.4 miles per gallon by 2031, the Trump administration on Monday brought that number down to 34.9 miles per gallon. The administration argued that this would make cars cheaper, though opponents of the move point out that car owners could spend more on gasoline as a result. The change could also lead to more pollution and worsen climate change. The Trump administration says that the move will make new cars $1,300 cheaper on average. The Biden administration said its change, which would have increased fuel economy requirements by 2 percent per year for model years 2027 through 2031, would have saved drivers more than $600 in fuel costs over the lifetime of a vehicle. President Trump touted the change in a Truth Social post over the weekend. “BIG DAY FOR AMERICAN AUTO WORKERS AND CAR BUYERS! I have just approved new Fuel Economy Standards that TERMINATE Sleepy Joe Biden and Pete Boot-EDGE-EDGE's ridiculous EV Mandate,” he wrote. “The Dumocrats cost our Great Auto Manufacturers $Billions, forced Americans into cars they never wanted, and wasted Billions on Chargers that were never built,” he added. The move comes after the standards were made toothless in the president’s Big Beautiful Bill as a provision in that law made the penalties for not meeting the standards down to $0. However, now that stricter Biden-era rule is off the books, automakers will not legally have to abide by them, even if the Big Beautiful Bill would have prevented them from being punished for not complying. The Trump administration has characterized the Biden rule as part of an electric vehicle (EV) mandate, arguing that the regulations were so stringent, car makers would have to increase their share of EVs to comply. While campaigning, the president frequently railed against the Biden administration’s pro-EV policies. The Biden administration said it did not consider electric vehicles in its rulemaking — and that this rule did not require any such adoption — though automakers could up their share of EVs to meet the requirements. A separate Biden-administration rule promulgated through the Environmental Protection Agency would have been expected to spur a significant shift toward EVs over the next few years. The Trump administration has already repealed that regulation. Environmental advocates lambasted the Trump administration’s move to roll back the standards, including by pointing to the current high fuel prices, as gasoline prices averaged about $4.48 per gallon on Monday, according to AAA. “Trump is tanking sensible mileage standards at the worst possible time for consumers, who’re getting hit with sky-high prices at the pump,” said Dan Becker, director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Safe Climate Transport Campaign, in a written statement. “Consumers will pay the price for these reckless rollbacks while Trump’s Big Oil and Big Auto buddies reap the short-term profits. This move spells short- and long-term disaster for people’s health, the planet, and even U.S. automakers who’ll sit on the sidelines while clean cars advance around the world.” Updated at 10:54 a.m. EDT