We’ve been waiting for this happening and here it comes, Donald Trump will announce the new fuel efficiency rules when he will meet with automaker chiefs this week. He will be visiting an autonomous vehicle testing facility based in Detroit this Wednesday and also will meet with some major automakers CEOs who asked for revising the rules of Obama’s administration.
The administration has decided to review the feasibility of the 2022 through 2025 vehicle emissions rules, after the Obama administration moved in its final days to keep them. The trip is focused on job creation and automobile manufacturing, highlighting the need to eliminate burdensome regulations that needlessly hinder meaningful job growth. The CEOs of General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will meet with the president near Detroit in Ypsilanti Township, Mich., along with senior officials from Japanese and German automakers, including Toyota Motor Corp. and Daimler AG.
Automakers have been pushing the administration for months to reverse Obama's decision. The EPA had until April 2018 to decide whether the standards were feasible under a "midterm review," but moved up its decision to a week before President Barack Obama left office in January. Trump has repeatedly met with automaker CEOs since taking office and made boosting employment, especially in the auto sector, a top priority.
