California leads lawsuit challenging Trumps rollback of fuel economy rules
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Set us as preferred California is leading a coalition of states and local governments in suing the Trump administration over its rollback of federal vehicle mileage standards, alleging the new rules illegally weaken fuel-economy requirements for cars and light trucks.The lawsuit, filed Friday by California Atty.
Gen.Rob Bonta and a group of 26 states, counties and cities, is one of at least three legal challenges this week to new rules from the U.S.
Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.The change lowers the fuel-economy requirement for 2031 model-year vehicles to 34.9 miles per gallon, when it would have been 50.4 miles per gallon under rules from the Biden administration.Federal officials said the change will boost the domestic auto industry and lower consumer costs.It comes as fuel prices remain elevated amid Trump’s war with Iran, which has disrupted the global oil supply since February.
In California, gasoline averaged $6.40 a gallon on Friday, compared with $4.65 a gallon one year ago, according to AAA.Climate & Environment Experts say Trump’s new fuel standards could complicate California’s efforts to address climate change at a time when drivers face some of the nation’s highest gas prices.In the lawsuit, California and its allies argue the NHTSA failed to meet a Congressional mandate to set corporate average fuel economy standards, or CAFE standards, at the “maximum feasible” level — a reflection of available technology, economic practicability, the effect of other motor vehicle standards and the need to conserve energy.
Instead, the new standards governing the next five years require fewer miles per gallon than the U.S.fleet achieved in 2021, Bonta told reporters Friday.
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Massach...