Duffy Moves To Rescind Auto Fuel Efficiency Standards

The Hill reports:

In his first moments after being sworn in as Transportation secretary, Sean Duffy sought to reverse Biden regulations requiring passenger cars to be more efficient. The Biden administration rule in question would require cars to be about 2 percent more fuel efficient each year.

The memo does not immediately rescind the rule — instead it kicks off what could be a years-long process of overturning or revising it.

Duffy wrote that vehicle fuel economy standards like those he is targeting “diminish the strength of America’s auto industry and deny Americans the full range of affordable…vehicles they need.”

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