Trump plans to weaken fuel efficiency rules for cars and trucks

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Executives from Ford, GM and Stellantis will be at the White House Wednesday as Trump rolls back rules pushing automakers to sell more electric cars.

The Trump administration plans to announce the rollback of fuel efficiency rules for U.S. cars and trucks at a White House event this afternoon attended by executives from the country’s biggest automakers.

President Donald Trump has long derided such rules as an “EV mandate” that hurts the auto industry and raises car prices. He teased the upcoming announcement at a televised cabinet meeting Tuesday, saying, “We’re bringing back the automobile business.”

Executives from General Motors, Ford and Stellantis will be at the White House to mark the announcement.

“We appreciate President Trump’s leadership in aligning fuel economy standards with market realities,” Ford CEO Jim Farley, who will attend the announcement, wrote in a statement. “We can make real progress on carbon emissions and energy efficiency while still giving customers choice and affordability. This is a win for customers and common sense.”

White House officials did not answer questions about what changes they planned to make to fuel economy standards. But Trump’s signature second-term legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, eliminated financial penalties for car companies that don’t meet federal fuel efficiency standards.

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