{
  "id": 10511471,
  "title": "Trump rolls back a major Biden-era car rule. Here’s how it could affect your next vehicle",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/trump-rolls-back-a-major-biden-era-car-rule-heres-how-it-could-affect",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-28T18:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fast Company",
    "slug": "fast-company",
    "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91614177/trump-rolls-back-a-major-biden-era-car-rule-heres-how-it-could-affect-your-next-vehicle"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Department of Transportation has finalized new rules for fuel efficiency standards that roll back Biden-era regulations. Previously, new vehicles were required to average 50.4 miles per gallon by 2031, but this threshold has been reduced to 34.9 miles per gallon. President Trump announced the reversal of fuel efficiency standards, criticizing them as \"ridiculous EV mandates.\" Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy dismissed the former regulations, stating they \"made our roads less safe and drove up costs for hardworking Americans.\" The administration claims that reduced fuel efficiency standards will lower the average cost of a new vehicle by $1,300 and encourage new car sales. However, environmental groups such as the Sierra Club have strongly opposed the changes, arguing that less fuel-efficient cars lead to more gas consumption, higher costs at the pump, and increased pollution. The administration's decision has sparked a polarized reaction, with industry representatives like John Bozzella of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation welcoming the move, while environmental organizations vow to challenge the decision. Currently, there is no federal policy that mandates the production of electric vehicles, but the Trump administration contends that previous administrations set fuel efficiency standards so high that they created a \"backdoor electric vehicle mandate.\" Gas prices have become a contentious issue ahead of the midterm elections, with the average price of a gallon of unleaded gasoline rising nearly 43% in the past year.",
  "summary": "The Department of Transportation announced on Monday that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has finalized new rules for fuel efficiency standards that will reverse standards set by the Biden administration. Whereas previous standards would have seen new vehicles average 50.4 miles per gallon by 2031, that threshold has now been reduced to 34.9 miles per gallon. President Donald…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}