Trump administration’s finalized, more sensible CAFE standards

The Trump Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation have just released the final version of their new Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard.
Its goal of increasing fuel economy 1.5 percent per year, aiming for 40 miles per gallon by 2026, hardly seems an environmental catastrophe. But because that is less restrictive than the 2012 Obama administration standard, mandating 5 percent annual improvements and a goal of 54.5 mpg in 2025, it is being characterizing as backslidi