Trump Administration Rolls Back Vehicle Economy Emissions Standards

The Trump Administration's Safe Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule loosens carbon emissions standards for passenger cars and light trucks for 2021-2026 and rolls back the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program. The author contends that these rules are detrimental to human health and the climate, and will likely fail to stop the global transition to a clean economy as international markets for combustion vehicles shrink and countries like Britain, France, Norway, India, and China move toward banning new gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2030 or 2040.

• The Safe Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule reduces carbon emissions standards for passenger cars and light trucks for the period 2021 through 2026 and rolls back the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program for 2017-2025.
• The Trump Administration estimates that the new rule will increase US oil consumption by approximately 500,000 barrels per day by the 2030s.
• The rule is viewed as out of step with global trends, as several countries including Britain, France, Norway, India, and China intend to ban new gasoline and diesel vehicle sales by 2030 or 2040, and companies like Volvo have committed to eliminating combustion-only engines after 2019.

APA

Hamilton, L. A. (2018). Trump Administration Rolls Back Vehicle Economy Emissions Standards. Center for International Environmental Law. https://www.ciel.org/trump-administration-rolls-back-vehicle-economy-emissions-standards/

Chicago

Hamilton, Lisa Anne. Trump Administration Rolls Back Vehicle Economy Emissions Standards. Center for International Environmental Law, 2018. https://www.ciel.org/trump-administration-rolls-back-vehicle-economy-emissions-standards/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{hamilton2018trump, author = {Hamilton, Lisa Anne}, title = {{Trump Administration Rolls Back Vehicle Economy Emissions Standards}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2018}, month = aug, url = {https://www.ciel.org/trump-administration-rolls-back-vehicle-economy-emissions-standards/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }