The US Environmental Protection Agency is now starting to loosen emissions requirements for gasoline and diesel cars.
Before he re-entered the Oval Office of the White House, Donald Trump promised to roll back America's emissions requirements for cars.
And that is now happening. In any case, the authorities are well underway in revising the regulations. The environmental authority EPA makes this clear in 26 press releases from this week.
Since there are so many regulations, it's easier to just focus on one. So that's what we're doing. Namely the so-called 'Biden-Harris Electric Vehicle Mandate'.
The rule from March 2024 means – or rather meant – that emissions from vans should be reduced by 50 percent by 2032 at the latest.
Furthermore, an equally large percentage of car sales to private drivers should consist entirely of electric cars by 2030 at the latest. That is no longer the case.
Emissions regulations cost the government a fortune, authorities say
Proponents of the law said that the stricter environmental requirements would boost American technology so that it could outcompete Chinese technology.
Opponents, on the other hand, said that the rules would only make life more difficult for car manufacturers. There was only one place to pass the bill – to drivers in the form of much more expensive cars.
The latter is now the official position of the environmental authorities under Donald Trump's control, explains the chief executive Lee Zeldin.
– The American auto industry has been stifled by regulations under the previous administration.
"As we reconsider nearly a trillion dollars in costs, it is our job to consider the American consumer and the environment," it says.
Trump has previously ordered the shutdown of 8,000 charging stations. These charging stations were set up at government buildings across the United States, but the current administration does not believe that this is a task for which the public should spend money.
