The announcement came just as Biden’s massive Build Back Better social spending plan may have taken a fatal blow.
The White House appears to accelerate the pace of achieving less pollution with more efficiency in the automotive world.
The US government announced on Monday that cars to be sold in the country from 2023 will have to consume much less fuel than those currently marketed, in President Joe Biden’s latest bid to combat climate change.
“We’ve followed science, listened to stakeholders, and set strong and rigorous standards that will vigorously reduce pollution that harms people and our planet, while saving families money,” reported the Environmental Protection Agency. (EPA).
The new measures approved by the Biden administration reverse the less strict endorsed by his predecessor, Republican Donald Trump.
The announcement came just as Biden’s massive Build Back Better social spending plan may have taken a fatal blow after a key Democratic senator said he would not support the project, which cost 1.75. trillion dollars (and which includes funding for new initiatives to fight climate change.
Under the new EPA rules, cars (including SUVs and trucks) will need to be able to go 55 miles or 88.5 kilometers at a continuous speed on one gallon of fuel (nearly 4 liters) by 2026, or 40 miles or 64.4 kilometers in real driving conditions.
To achieve this, the government is counting on the ability of automakers to improve the technical performance of engines, but also by increasing sales of electric vehicles.
“By mid-2026, the EPA predicts that final standards can be met, with about 17% of EVs sold and a broader adoption of the advanced gasoline engine technology available today,” he said.
The agency estimates that “American drivers will save between 210,000 and 420,000 million dollars by 2050 in fuel costs.”
Current emissions regulations, approved in March 2020 by the Trump administration, ask manufacturers to improve the energy performance of their models by 1.5% annually between 2021 and 2026, compared to the 5% required by the government of his predecessor, Democrat Barack Obama. (I)
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