Politics
Plan to Gut Obama’s Auto Mileage Rules Is Getting Dialed Back
- Revised proposal will require modest annual efficiency gains
- Draft rule is under review by White House budget office
Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg
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The Trump administration has dialed back its plan to relax fuel-economy requirements for new automobiles, retreating from a bid to freeze the mandates for six years.
A draft of the final rule, now undergoing a final White House review, includes several changes that could make it easier to defend in court and more palatable to some automakers that had refused to publicly endorse the earlier proposal. The changes were described by three people familiar with the measure who asked for anonymity before a formal announcement.