[Washington 17th Reuters]-Trump's US administration will abolish the authority to establish its own environmental and vehicle fuel efficiency regulations currently approved in California on 18th at the earliest and prohibit the introduction of their own regulations in all states Expected to be announced. Two people from the automobile industry revealed on the 17th.
For such a policy, lawsuits against the US administration are likely to be filed one after another over the problems of the state government and climate change. Government officials have shown their attitude to the US Supreme Court.
Reuters said last week that President Trump had talked with senior government officials on car regulation issues on the 12th and banned California from setting up its own emissions regulations and zero-carbon vehicle sales quotas. Reported that they had agreed. [nL3N2640KU]
The US White House declined to comment.
Apart from this, the Trump administration plans to announce a new regulation within a few weeks that will ease fuel efficiency standards established under the Obama administration. According to industry officials, an official announcement will be made at the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the 18th, and automakers and dealers are invited.
Several government officials said the announcement dates were still fluid and could be delayed later this week.
“In the very near future, the Trump administration will take the necessary steps to set a common fuel efficiency standard,” said Wheeler EPA Secretary at a meeting with car dealers on the 17th.
The Trump administration has proposed freezing fuel efficiency requirements that would otherwise be stricter every year after 2020, and regulators agree. According to administration officials, the final version of the regulation is expected to be a bit more stringent, but it will be far behind the standards set by the Obama administration in 2012.
Obama administration standards require manufacturers to achieve an average fuel consumption of 46.7 miles per gallon for all cars sold by 25 years. About 5% improvement in fuel consumption is required every year. The Trump administration has proposed to keep it at 37 miles until 26.
California acquired the authority to set its own fuel efficiency regulations based on the “Air Cleanup Act” in 2013. Ten other states followed. In addition, California has set up a sales quota that requires automakers to make 15.4% of the 25-year model electric vehicles (EVs) or other zero-emission vehicles. Is following.