Jakarta, huutoanland Indonesia
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President of the United States (US)
Donald Trump
on Wednesday (3/12) proposed that the fuel oil (BBM) efficiency standards finalized by former President Joe Biden last year be lowered to make it easier for automotive manufacturers to sell internal combustion engine (ICE) cars.
Trump’s proposal aims to thwart one of Biden’s important steps to encourage people to become more interested in buying electric cars.
“People want gasoline cars,” Trump reportedly said
Reuters
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing reducing fuel efficiency requirements for 2022 to 2031 models from an average of 21.4 km per liter (50.4 miles per gallon) in 2031 to 14.6 km per liter (34.5 miles per gallon).
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NHTSA recommends that after lowering fuel efficiency standards increase gradually between 0.25 percent and 0.5 percent per year until 2031.
NHTSA under the Biden administration in 2022 will increase fuel efficiency by 8 percent per year for 2024-2025 models and 10 percent for 2026 models.
Biden’s rule makes automakers shift to producing more electric cars, but does not force an outright phaseout of gasoline cars.
NHTSA estimates the proposed new rules would reduce the average initial cost of a vehicle by $930, increase fuel consumption by about 100 billion gallons through 2050, cost Americans up to $185 billion in fuel supplies and increase carbon dioxide emissions by about 5 percent.
On the other hand, lowering fuel efficiency for previous years would make it easier for automakers to comply with the rule during the period still under review by NHTSA.
Automakers are said to expect to save US$35 billion by 2031, including US$8.7 billion for General Motors and more than US$5 billion for Ford and Stellantis.
Credit trading removed
The proposal would also make drastic changes to the program, including the proposed elimination of trading credits between automakers by 2028 and would end some fuel-saving feature credits.
NHTSA said the trading credits represent a “windfall for proprietary EV manufacturers who sell credits to other non-EV manufacturers.”
NHTSA said the increase in vehicle emissions under its proposal in 2035 would be equivalent to the annual emissions from the 7.7 million vehicles in Biden’s proposal.
Earlier this year Trump signed legislation ending fuel efficiency fines for automakers and the NHTSA said they would not face fines since the 2022 model year.
Ending credit trading could hurt automakers like Tesla and Rivian that already sell credits to rival ICE carmakers.
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