Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Trump to Dump Obozo Fuel Economy Regs

For a number of years, the state of California--the land of fruits and nuts--has largely governed fuel economy standards for the USA.  What California wanted, everyone else got, right or wrong.

The California Crazy-Train regs include a demand for "50 by '50":  a 50 mile/gallon fleet average fuel economy by 2050.  Since automakers cannot predict consumer activity--like preferring large crossovers and pickup trucks to teeny-tiny battery cars, and since internal-combustion economies are pushing the edge, they had asked for a rollback.

They'll get one.  EPA will announce its own standards soon.  California?  Well, who knows?

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