New Fuel Standards: WALK, Peon

This is amusing.

Three months after the EPA proposed its strictest-ever limits on tailpipe pollution, NHTSA has outlined fuel economy standards for new light-duty cars and trucks that would require an average fleet fuel economy of 58 mpg by the 2032 model year....

... NHTSA's proposal also includes a 10 percent improvement per year for commercial pickups and work vans — those with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 8,500 pounds but less than 14,001 — beginning in the 2030 model year and ramping up through 2035....

CAFE is 'corporate average fuel economy.'  That means the automakers have to sell more 50-MPG tricycles to offset their 20-MPG one-ton trucks--or simply sell less one-ton (and larger) trucks and SUV's.

You might want to make sure you have reliable transportation before the 2032 models come out.