Trump approves new fuel economy rules ending Biden-era EV mandate

President Donald Trump made multiple posts on Truth Social in the last hour: - "BIG DAY FOR AMERICAN AUTO WORKERS AND CAR BUYERS! I have just approved new Fuel Economy Standards that TERMINATE Sleepy Joe Biden and Pete Boot-EDGE-EDGE's ridiculous EV Mandate.

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The Dumocrats cost our Great Auto Manufacturers $Billions, forced Americans into cars they never wanted, and wasted Billions on Chargers that were never built. These new Standards will take the waste out of building cars in America.

That means LOWER PRICES, saving families thousands on a new, beautiful, and safe car, Far better than the Environmental Monsters that we were building heretofore. Every Manufacturer, from General Motors to Ford to Stellantis, has called me wanting to build here, and now they can!

Under my Administration, over 100 $Billion is being invested in American Autos, and that's just the beginning. The Plants are coming back, and Jobs are returning, to Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, South Carolina, and all over our Country.

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Thank you to our Great Secretaries of Transportation and Commerce, Sean Duffy and Howard Lutnick. - "The American People elected me to deliver HISTORIC Economic Results, and now, I have a new responsibility, reporting our incredible results because the Fake News refuses to do it. S&P Global reported this week that U.

Business Growth is at its HIGHEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS and, if you take out the distorted COVID Reopening figures, the mark goes back even further. MORE ORDERS, MORE OUTPUT, MORE AMERICAN WORKERS BEING HIRED.

Manufacturing is growing, Businesses are expanding, and Demand is STRONG. REAL MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME is now the HIGHEST EVER RECORDED.

The United States Poverty Rate is at its LOWEST LEVEL ON RECORD. Goods Exports in 2026 are on pace for their HIGHEST LEVEL IN HISTORY, and Trillions and Trillions of Dollars of new Investments are pouring into the United States.

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If anyone else were President, this would be all the Media would talk about. But because no one ever wants to give me credit, no one is talking about these Historic Numbers.

Americans are earning more money than ever before, Poverty is at its All Time Lowest Level, and Exports are surging! The FAKE NEWS and DUMOCRATS hate these reports, and these Record Setting Numbers.

They hate the TRUTH, and they hate the Great Success that our Country is having. Just look at the Numbers, THE BEST IN HISTORY.

VOTE FOR REPUBLICAN AND "TRUMP" CANDIDATES IN THE MIDTERMS. WE HAVE ALREADY MADE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, BUT NOW WE WILL REACH NEW LEVELS OF GREATNESS.

IT IS MY HONOR TO BE YOUR PRESIDENT, DURING SUCH AN EXCITING TIME!"

Explanation:

President Donald Trump made multiple posts on Truth Social in the last hour: - "BIG DAY FOR AMERICAN AUTO WORKERS AND CAR BUYERS! I have just approved new Fuel Economy Standards that TERMINATE Sleepy Joe Biden and Pete Boot-EDGE-EDGE's ridiculous EV Mandate.

The Dumocrats cost our Great Auto Manufacturers $Billions, forced Americans into cars they never wanted, and wasted Billions on Chargers that were never built. These new Standards will take the waste out of building cars in America.

That means LOWER PRICES, saving families thousands on a new, beautiful, and safe car, Far better than the Environmental Monsters that we were building heretofore. Every Manufacturer, from General Motors to Ford to Stellantis, has called me wanting to build here, and now they can!

Under my Administration, over 100 $Billion is being invested in American Autos, and that's just the beginning. The Plants are coming back, and Jobs are returning, to Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, South Carolina, and all over our Country.

Thank you to our Great Secretaries of Transportation and Commerce, Sean Duffy and Howard Lutnick. This is a direct policy signal that the administration is moving to unwind Biden-era EV and fuel-economy policy and re-center federal standards on conventional auto production.

The likely impact is regulatory relief for legacy automakers, weaker policy pressure for EV adoption, and a clearer pro-internal-combustion posture that could affect capital spending, supplier plans, emissions compliance costs, and consumer pricing assumptions. It also signals continued use of executive branch authority over transportation standards as an industrial-policy tool, with the White House framing the change as pro-jobs and anti-subsidy.

Historically, U.S. fuel economy and EV mandates have been a major battleground between climate policy and industrial competitiveness, especially since the Biden administration tied emissions rules more tightly to electrification. Trump has repeatedly attacked those policies and aligned himself with auto-sector voters and manufacturers that argue compliance costs raise vehicle prices.

The key market and geopolitical relevance is not foreign policy per se, but the signal that U.S. industrial policy may shift further away from decarbonization, which can influence global automaker investment decisions, battery supply chains, and trade and regulatory expectations across North America and Europe.

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